Cool Ex Convict Saves Texas Police Officer References. John phillip lally, 40, is a man with a criminal record from houston, texas, who was in the right place at the right time to save a life on saturday at 10am. A houston man who said he has been to jail a million times became a hero when he helped pull a wounded police officer to safety during a highway shootout with a carjacking.

A houston man who said he has been to jail a million times became a hero when he helped pull a wounded police officer to safety during a highway shootout with a carjacking. Officers had identified a stolen car and tried to make a traffic stop. John phillip lally, 40, is a man with a criminal record from houston, texas, who was in the right place at the right time to save a life on saturday at 10am.