CLARKSDALE, Miss. — The family of the officer who was shot in Clarksdale while responding to a robbery told WREG Corporal Derrick Couch is doing better.
Couch’s father, Alonzo Hardeman told us over the phone the officer opened his eyes for the first time last night.
He was even able to give a thumbs up sign.
“God has the last say so,” Hardeman told us. “Thank you all for your prayers.”
Two men have been charged in connection to the events that took place Saturday night.
On Wednesday, Leandrew Booker was officially charged in the robbery that proceeded the shooting.
Booker, 20, was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and one count of armed robbery at the Corner Grocery.
Johnny Robinson Jr., the man who allegedly shot Couch, was charged with two counts of armed robbery, attempted murder and conspiracy to commit armed robbery.
Surveillance video showed both men walk into the store Saturday night, rob it and then take off across the parking lot.
That’s when Cpl. Derrick Couch spotted the larger suspect and tried to stop him behind a nearby church.
Robinson reportedly shot Couch through the eye socket, lodging the bullet in his head.
Couch is still recovering at a Memphis hospital.