DeWine orders flags at half-staff for Ohio lieutenant

PICKAWAY COUNTY, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered all state and U.S. flags on all Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections facilities to fly at half-staff in honor of a lieutenant who was killed at a firing range Tuesday. 

According to State patrol Sgt. Tyler Ross, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections Lt. Rodney Osborne was killed during an incident at the correctional training academy in Pickaway County. No other details have been released, and the investigation is ongoing. 

Flags will remain at half-staff until the day of Osborne’s funeral, which details of haven’t been announced. 

“We are heartbroken to announce the sudden loss of Lt. Rodney Osborne from Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. Lt. Osborne was shot today during a training exercise on the firing range at the Correctional Training Academy,” The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections wrote on its Facebook page. “The incident appears to be a tragic accident but is being investigated by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. We ask you please keep his family and team members in your prayers.”

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections said he’s been an employee for 13 years. He was on the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility’s honor guard and statewide Special Tactics And Response team. He was just named the SOCF’s employee of the year last week.