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Paramedic Treavor Johnston, a 3-year-veteran of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, EMS was shot in the face while on a routine emergency call on Sunday night.

According to Don Lundy, President of the SCEMS Association, the incident was a routine call and there did not appear to be weapons involved when the call was dispatched.

The victim, who speaks very little English according to Lundy, was talking with paramedics through her hurband when she was informed that she could not be transported to Atlanta, Georgia. The victim retrieved a .38-caliber handgun and shot Johnston one time in the face. The woman was being held by police pending further psychiatric evaluations.

The bullet went in between the upper lip and nose and was lodged a short distance from the spine (near C-2, C-3), according to Lundy. It was not known how severe the wound was and whether the damage to the spinal cord would be permanent.

Johnson was listed in fair condition at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, upgraded from serious.

Cards to Paramedic Treavor Johnston can be sent to:

• Paramedic Treavor Johnston
  c/o Spartanburg County EMS
  525 Union St.
  Spartanburg, South Carolina 29306
  

A fund has been set up to help support Treavor with the many costs that he surely will have in the coming months from his injury.

Anyone wishing to donate funds can send them to:

• Trevor Johnston Memorial Fund
  c/o Spartanburg Regional Federal Credit Union
  PO box 8649
  Spartanburg, SC 29305-8649
  

Checks should be made to : SRFCU
Mark Check: for Trevor Johnston Memorial Fund

All donations will be placed into a savings account for Trevor and the funds will be managed by the Credit Union.

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