(La Porte County, IN) - A La Porte County sheriff’s deputy shot last month is continuing his recovery in Chicago.

 

Jon Samuelson was taken from Memorial Hospital in South Bend to an undisclosed rehabilitation facility yesterday.  A motorcade of emergency responders led the way.

Police, fire and EMS were also staged at various points along the Indiana Toll Road in a show of respect and support for the 12-year member of the La Porte County Sheriff’s Office as he drove by.

 

Mike Kellems, a retired La Porte County Police officer working law enforcement now for Purdue University Northwest, was among the emergency responders positioned along the Indiana Toll Road near Fail Road.

 

“It was good to see the number of officers that gathered along different points along the way,” he said.

 

The 33 year old Samuelson was shot three times on May 22 at Franciscan Health by a man who asked to be taken there after the officer stopped to assist who he thought was a disabled motorist.

 

Samuelson after leaving returned to the hospital about a minute later after informed the man, Sharod Grafton, Jr., 22, of Chicago was driving his mother’s vehicle after taking her keys at gunpoint.  Samuelson was shot during a scuffle with the man inside the emergency room area.

 

According to court records, doctors reported early indications that Samuelson was suffering from paralysis from the chest down.