Why are some flags at half-staff in Ohio?
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COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered some U.S. and Ohio flags to be flown at half-staff.
DeWine ordered the flags of the United States and the state of Ohio to be flown at half-staff upon all Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction facilities in honor of Lieutenant Rodney Osborne, who was fatally shot at the Corrections Training Academy in Pickaway County on Tuesday.
The flags will be flown at half-staff beginning Wednesday until sunset on the day of his funeral.
Osborne was fatally shot just before 11 :30 a.m. at the academy’s tactical firing range, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction director Annette Chambers-Smith. Osborne had served with the department for 13 years and worked at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Scioto County.
The Lieutenant was part of the facility’s honor guard and had been named employee of the year just last week. He was also a member of the special response team and the statewide special tactics and response team.
The highway patrol has yet to announce what led to the fatal shooting.