Thomas Hirko, a 54-year-old man from Perry, Ohio, was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy on February 4, 2016, after his wife, Lorrie Osborne-Hirko, called 911 saying she had been stabbed multiple times. Deputies arriving at the scene found Hirko holding what appeared to be a handgun that was later determined to be an airsoft-type pistol. After multiple commands to drop the weapon, an officer fired four rounds, striking Hirko twice; he was pronounced dead that night at a nearby hospital.

Lorrie Osborne-Hirko suffered stab wounds to the kidney area and back and was hospitalized; reports said she was recovering physically and mentally. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from an outside agency, investigated the shooting. Sheriff Daniel Dunlap said the involved officers had more than 10 years’ experience and that no policies were believed to have been violated. Hirko had a lengthy criminal history and family members said he was battling cancer and coping with health problems at the time.

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