Police officer says raising 4-year-old daughter is his top priority

Published: 2005-06-15

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) -- When Nashville police officer Pete Lynch was shot in the line of duty last summer, a lot of thoughts ran through his head. Instead of dwelling on the pain or worrying that his life might be in danger, he thought of his little girl. "I thought about Kaylee, that I need to make it through, to get home and see my daughter. She needs her dad," he told the Tennessee Register, Nashville diocesan newspaper. Lynch, a 1992 graduate of Father Ryan High School in Nashville, is a single father with full custody of his 4-year-old daughter. While he loves his job as a uniformed patrol officer, "if it ever conflicted with her, I'd give it up," he said of Kaylee. "She's a lot more important to me than my job."

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