An officer with the Green Township (OH) Police Department who is fighting for his life has reached out to get community's support as he searches for a new kidney.
Three troopers on motorcycles crashed on the westbound lanes of the Kilpatrick Turnpike, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. All are in serious condition.
Officer Thomas Shepherd said, "I get an intrinsic feeling of doing good, and I'm a firm believer of putting good things out into the world and giving everything that you have to give."
Wounded Dayton (OH) Police Department Detective Jorge DelRio was taken into surgery to donate his organs Thursday morning and died afterward, according to Chief Richard Biehl.
“After a life of dedicated public service, Jorge will continue to give of himself to the greater community by being an organ donor upon his death,” Biehl said in an updated media release Wednesday afternoon.
An officer with the Gastonia (NC) Police Department has donated a second vital organ to a complete stranger. After donating a kidney in 2015, he felt compelled to donate a part of his liver this year.
According to WLS-TV, Officer Joe Deleon registered to be a donor more than 12 years ago with an organization that connects donors with those in need of life-saving help.
When the suspects ran out of the bar uniformed officers were waiting, and helped the undercover officers stop the robbers as they tried to get into an SUV. It was then that one of the suspects, later identified as Dacion Steptoe, opened fire. Steptoe reportedly hit Hull, and Hull's fellow officers returned fire, killing Steptoe. Two other suspects are in custody.
The son of Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson—Daniel Johnson—has been sworn in as a police officer a year after he donated a kidney to his dad.
Ian said he now feels more energetic and not as tired and Officer Hall said the two will always share a strong bond.