July 25 (UPI) -- One of three Ohio police officers shot in what authorities described as an ambush earlier this week has died.
The Lorain County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Thursday that officer Phillip Wagner, 35, "gave his life in service to his community, a sacrifice that words can never fully honor."
"He was not only a dedicated officer, but a husband, father, son, brother and friend," the sheriff's office said. "His impact reached far beyond the badge, and his absence will be deeply felt by all who knew and served alongside him."
Wagner and fellow officer Peter Gale, 51, had picked up pizza and were each in their individual cop cars, parked side by side, eating in an undeveloped industrial park in the northeastern Ohio city of Lorain, located on the coast of Lake Erie, when the gunman opened fire on them.
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