Oct. 13, 2021Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 three:28 p.m.
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Houston PoliceShow MoreShow much lessA senior officer with the Houston Police branch died on Wednesday of COVID-19, in response to a press release from the branch's chief.
John Wilbanks — an officer with HPD for over 25 years who turned into most these days part of the special Operations Division — died after he had "been combating COVID-19 for a while," in line with the remark.
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The statement spoke of the demise of the fifty three-year-historic become the department's "2nd line of obligation dying as a result of COVID-19." Officer Ernest Leal Jr. died in November after getting the virus the month prior, the Chronicle in the past mentioned.
"All of HPD mourns the loss of Officer Wilbanks and we ask the total metropolis of Houston to join us in lifting his family unit in prayer," Chief Troy Finner said within the statement, which was posted to Houston Police's Twitter. "today, we lost a man who is the epitome of what it's to be a public servant."
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