The shooting of an Omaha Police officer more than two weeks ago was felt across the river by a Pottawattamie County Sheriff's deputy who was also wounded during a traffic stop.

Paul Latschar is now home recovering and hasn't spoken publicly about the August 20th shooting. Someone who knows what it's like to be shot in the line of duty shares his story with Channel 6 News.

Going to work every day is not a challenge for Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Loomis. "I think it's a needed profession. I think it's a good profession. There's a lot of outstanding men and women that put on the badge every day and go out to work and I'm proud to be a member of that organization."

The seven-year veteran began his career working in the county jail. In 2002, he joined the patrol division.

When Deputy Loomis heard that Officer Latschar had been shot during a traffic stop near 42nd and Camden, it brought back bad memories of a traffic stop he had in 2004. "I asked him to step out of car and talk to me. He opened up the door about six or eight inches and shot me four times."

Loomis spent about a week in the hospital after being shot along Interstate 80 in Iowa. "I couldn't move my thumb, index, middle finger of my hand. I could move them partially and not completely because there was no strength there."

Several months of physical therapy and counseling changed that for Loomis.

The extent of Latschar's injuries is not fully known. He did attend the Omaha Police Department's promotion ceremony last week and is now Sgt. Latschar. It's not clear when he'll return to work. "He's gonna have hard days and good days," says Deputy Loomis.

What is clear, says Deputy Loomis, is that after experiencing this it's important that everyone close to Sgt. Latschar remains that way.

"Friends and family, those are shoulders you can lean on and it's definitely a time where you might want to lean on your friends and family, your support structure, definitely use that."