WAFB Channel 9, Baton Rouge, LA |Wal-Mart to Pay Hero's Medical Bills
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The man who many call a hero for trying to save the life of slain police officer Lieutenant Vickie Wax will be getting medical financial help from the department store chain where the shooting took place nearly two weeks ago. WAFB' s Matt Clough has the story.
Thursday night we told you about the local doctor trying to put a lien on the reward fund set up for Stanford Wilson. Friday morning Wal-Mart publicly announced it will pay all his immediate medical expenses. This includes all the medical bills while he was in Baton Rouge General. They say it's the least they can do to help a man they call a hero.
Stan Wilson was shot in the forearm and the armpit while trying to wrestle a shoplifter off Baton Rouge Police Lieutenant Vicki Wax. According to the Baton Rouge Police Union, the doctor who operated on Wilson approached them about pulling money out of the hero fund to cover Wilson's medical bills. Dr. Ronald Sylvest's office even considered putting a lien on the fund in order to get their money.
A spokesman for the police union says they thought Wal-Mart would cover Wilson's medical expenses and that way the hero fund could be used for its original purpose, as a reward for Stan. It was never made public but Wal-Mart manager Donny Briggs says the superstore had every intention to pay the bills and that's exactly what they're going to do.
"As soon as his name was released to the public, and which hospital he was at. We've been in constant contact with Mr. Wilson, Baton Rouge General and his family as well to make sure they knew his bills would be taken care of as well," says Briggs. "We just want to do the right thing from the beginning and that is to take care of our hero."
If you're interested in helping Stan Wilson, you can make donations at any Hancock Bank. Just ask for the "Our Hero" fund.
