Duty Death: Officer Kyle Olinger - [Montgomery County]
End of Service: 18/04/2019
By Police1 Staff
ROCKVILLE, Md. — An officer who was left paralyzed after a shooting in 2003 died from complications last week.
According to NBC Washington, Officer Kyle Olinger was conducting a traffic stop when suspect Terrence Green opened fire.
Olinger’s injuries forced him to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair until he died on April 18.
“Kyle was, without a doubt, the embodiment of what it truly means to be a hero possessed of an indomitable warrior spirit and a never quit attitude that makes one stand in awe,” Acting Chief Russell Hamill wrote in a letter to his fellow officers.
Services for Olinger have not been announced.