Officials have identified a police officer who was shot and critically wounded in Washington state as 61-year-old Mike McClaughry, who is known by the nickname “Mick,” police said.
(FOX)- Mount Vernon Police Lt. Christopher Cammock said at a Friday briefing that McClaughry suffered a gunshot wound to the head while investigating a reported shooting in a Mount Vernon neighborhood north of Seattle.
McClaughry is a father of three and a grandfather who started working with the Mount Vernon Police Department in 1985.
Cammock said, “Service might not adequately describe what Mick has done for our community,” adding he was the first to run a drug abuse resistance education program, becoming a father figure to many.
He has also been active in scouting and as a field training officer, training about three-quarters of the officers who currently work at the police department, Cammock said.