04-13-2016, 10:47 AM
OHIO
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Officer Steven M. Smith was married with two adult children. The 54-year-old was employed by the Columbus Division of Police for 27 years. His personnel file paints the picture of a highly trained officer with an exemplary record. During his career, he worked on the streets as a patrol officer, in the air with the helicopter unit, in the water as part of the dive team and, most recently, as a sniper with SWAT.
Smith was awarded a Blue Star and a Distinguished Service Medal in 2013 when he was shot in the line of duty while trying to apprehend a man who was suspected of killing his girlfriend and a 9-year-old.
On Sunday, Smith was fatally shot while SWAT was trying to arrest a man who'd recently assaulted his ex-wife, attempted to light her house on fire, and was acting erratically at his former workplace. RIP Officer Steven M. Smith.
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^ Lincoln Rutledge, 44, is the man who shot and killed Officer Smith. When the SWAT team showed up to arrest him for the previous day's assault and attempted arson, Rutledge began shooting and engaged them in a stand-off that went on for hours. During the stand-off, Officer Smith was hit while in the turret of a SWAT armored vehicle, a shot described as "one in a million". Officer Smith died in the hospital a couple of days later. Rutledge has been denied bail.
Ref:
http://wkbn.com/2016/04/12/bond-denied-f...-shooting/
Officer Steven M. Smith was married with two adult children. The 54-year-old was employed by the Columbus Division of Police for 27 years. His personnel file paints the picture of a highly trained officer with an exemplary record. During his career, he worked on the streets as a patrol officer, in the air with the helicopter unit, in the water as part of the dive team and, most recently, as a sniper with SWAT.
Smith was awarded a Blue Star and a Distinguished Service Medal in 2013 when he was shot in the line of duty while trying to apprehend a man who was suspected of killing his girlfriend and a 9-year-old.
On Sunday, Smith was fatally shot while SWAT was trying to arrest a man who'd recently assaulted his ex-wife, attempted to light her house on fire, and was acting erratically at his former workplace. RIP Officer Steven M. Smith.
^ Lincoln Rutledge, 44, is the man who shot and killed Officer Smith. When the SWAT team showed up to arrest him for the previous day's assault and attempted arson, Rutledge began shooting and engaged them in a stand-off that went on for hours. During the stand-off, Officer Smith was hit while in the turret of a SWAT armored vehicle, a shot described as "one in a million". Officer Smith died in the hospital a couple of days later. Rutledge has been denied bail.
Ref:
http://wkbn.com/2016/04/12/bond-denied-f...-shooting/