With almost every shift, police officers come across individuals from all walks of life who may or may not be in danger and need their assistance. Even something as routine as a traffic stop can turn into a situation completely unexpected.
Kayla Wallace is a South Carolina police officer with strong protective instincts. Wallace has always been a community-minded and strong-willed individual who never shied away from doing the right thing, so being an officer of the law was a great fit.
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According to CNN, Officer Wallace pulled over a white Jeep that had run a red light along US Highway 17 in the North Myrtle Beach area in the early hours of the morning one day, when she noticed that something seemed off with the female driver who was riding with a male in the passenger seat.
The news outlet reports that Officer Wallace found that the female driver appeared "distressed" and when the male passenger was looking in a different direction, she "silently mouthed, 'Help me!' repeatedly," to the officer.
At that point, Officer Wallace decided to separate the pair and removed the passenger from the vehicle and put him in the back seat of the patrol car while she talked to the distressed driver who had silently pleaded to her for help.
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CNN reports that when the officer returned to the vehicle to speak to the woman alone, she was told that the man who was just in her car had "shot a person." The male suspect was Collins Bates, who was accused of shooting someone outside of a sports bar in Myrtle Beach. He had allegedly forced the woman driving the vehicle that was stopped to take him away from the scene of the crime.
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