COLUMBUS – Governor Mike DeWine has ordered that all U.S. and Ohio flags be lowered to half-staff on public buildings and grounds in Montgomery County, and at the Statehouse, Vern Riffe Center, and Rhodes Tower in downtown Columbus to honor a Dayton detective who died after being shot while serving a drug-related warrant.
Police say a Jorge Del Rio was shot in the face at a house on Monday and died Thursday after being taken off life support.
Authorities say Del Rio was shot while working with a Drug Enforcement Administration taskforce. They say detectives announced themselves as law enforcement officers before entering the house and Del Rio was shot entering a basement.
No one else was injured.
Dayton police Chief Richard Biehl says authorities recovered large amounts of fentanyl, cash and weapons.
Federal authorities say a man accused in the shooting was charged with assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon. Two others were charged with conspiring to distribute drugs.
Numerous law enforcement officers were at the hospital Thursday to honor Del Rio.