A Wynnewood police officer was nearly killed last week while trying to save a family.Officer Kenny Cook only had minutes to spare when responding to a domestic call at a home off Chickasaw Road. "She said she was dying when I walked in the door," Cook said. "She said he was choking her to death."He said two small children met him at the door, their eyes begging for help."They wouldn't speak. I knew it had to be bad," Cook said.The man inside the home was armed with a gun, threatening to kill his wife, the children, then turn the gun on himself. Cook said he tried to take the gun from the man. The two eventually were wrestling when the gun went off."I guess he decided to shoot me, and the gun twisted towards my chest," Cook said. "I punched him right when he fired, which made the bullet go the opposite direction."The woman and the children are safe and the man has been arrested. Police Chief Ken Moore said he's proud of the way Cook handled the tense situation."He was justified in using deadly force during the encounter," Moore said. "He chose to preserve life instead of taking a life."Cook is not calling himself a hero after saving the woman and children."All cops would do the same. That's what we do," Cook said.

A Wynnewood police officer was nearly killed last week while trying to save a family.

Officer Kenny Cook only had minutes to spare when responding to a domestic call at a home off Chickasaw Road.


"She said she was dying when I walked in the door," Cook said. "She said he was choking her to death."

He said two small children met him at the door, their eyes begging for help.



"They wouldn't speak. I knew it had to be bad," Cook said.

The man inside the home was armed with a gun, threatening to kill his wife, the children, then turn the gun on himself.

Cook said he tried to take the gun from the man. The two eventually were wrestling when the gun went off.

"I guess he decided to shoot me, and the gun twisted towards my chest," Cook said. "I punched him right when he fired, which made the bullet go the opposite direction."

The woman and the children are safe and the man has been arrested. Police Chief Ken Moore said he's proud of the way Cook handled the tense situation.

"He was justified in using deadly force during the encounter," Moore said. "He chose to preserve life instead of taking a life."

Cook is not calling himself a hero after saving the woman and children.

"All cops would do the same. That's what we do," Cook said.