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After surgery, Lorain officer insisted on watching fellow officer's procession

Police release update on two injured officers
After surgery, Lorain officer insisted on watching fallen comrade's procession
Lorain Police Officers injured during ambush
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Lorain Acting Police Chief Michael Failing released new information on two of the three officers who were injured in an ambush in Lorain.

According to Failing, Officer Brent Payne went into surgery for several hours. Afterwards, Payne insisted on going down to the hospital wall to watch his fellow officer, Phillip Wagner, who died from his injuries, be taken from the hospital. He still has five-six surgeries to come, Failing said.

One of the Lorain Police officers who was shot in ambush has died

According to Failing, Officer Peter Gale now has a hand wound with several broken bones. He also said Gale will be out of work for a while.

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