Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags on all public buildings and grounds throughout Hamilton County will be flown at half-staff to honor the life and service of Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputy Larry Henderson .
Henderson, a special deputy who retired in December after working 33 years with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, was working a traffic detail on May 2 during a commencement ceremony at the University of Cincinnati when he was fatally struck and killed. The father of an 18-year-old shot and killed by a Cincinnati police officer investigating a report of a stolen vehicle has been charged in the crash that killed Henderson.
According to a press release from the governor’s office, on Monday, May 5, DeWine ordered that U.S. and Ohio flags be flown at half-staff on all public buildings and grounds throughout Hamilton County, the Ohio Statehouse, the Vern Riffe Center, and the Rhodes State Office Tower. Flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on the day of Henderson’s funeral on Friday, May 9…