Oct. 13, 2021Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 3:28 p.m.
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2of2 John Wilbanks, an officer with Houston Police for over 25 years.
Houston PoliceShow MoreShow lessA senior officer with the Houston Police branch died on Wednesday of COVID-19, in accordance with a statement from the department's chief.
John Wilbanks — an officer with HPD for over 25 years who was most lately part of the special Operations Division — died after he had "been fighting COVID-19 for a while," in keeping with the observation.
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The remark talked about the dying of the fifty three-12 months-historic became the branch's "2d line of obligation dying because of COVID-19." Officer Ernest Leal Jr. died in November after getting the virus the month prior, the Chronicle prior to now mentioned.
"All of HPD mourns the lack of Officer Wilbanks and we ask the entire metropolis of Houston to be a part of us in lifting his family in prayer," Chief Troy Finner mentioned within the statement, which became posted to Houston Police's Twitter. "nowadays, we lost a man who is the epitome of what it is to be a public servant."
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