Why some flags in Ohio are at half-staff

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) – Governor Mike DeWine has ordered some U.S. and Ohio State flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of the life and service of an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Lieutenant recently killed.

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According to FOX 8’s sister station, NBC4 in Columbus, Lieutenant Rodney Osborne was fatally shot at the Corrections Training Academy in Pickaway County on Tuesday, April 9.

The following day, Gov. DeWine ordered flags upon all Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction facilities to be lowered until sunset on the day of Osborne’s funeral.

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NBC4 reports the highway patrol has not yet announced what led to the fatal shooting.

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