Three Years After Getting Shot, Philly Cop Returns To Duty

PHILADELPHIA, PA -- It's been exactly 993 days since Officer Ed Davies was shot at class range while on duty.

On Monday, that all changed.

For the first time since the incident nearly three years ago, Davies was back in uniform and reporting for duty.

Law enforcement agencies around Montgomery County showed their support for Davies on social media on Tuesday.

After many surgeries and a lengthy and difficult recovery process during which he said he was "Frankenstein," he returned to work.

"Welcome back, Officer Davies - the department, the citizens of the city of Philadelphia and your colleagues in Montgomery County couldn't be happier to see you back in blue," Limerick police said.

Davies was shot in the stomach at the Almonte Mini Mart at 4th and West Annsbury Streets on August 14, 2013. The man who shot him, Eric Torres, had stolen the gun from a police officer in a nearby town and was being chased by Davies and his fellow officers after he fled the scene of a traffic stop.

Davies, who had served for six years prior to the incident, went into a coma after he was shot but made an incredible recovery that culminated on Monday.

Image courtesy Limerick Police Department.