The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deputy who was killed on Friday in an alleged vehicular homicide near the University of Cincinnati’s campus.The fallen officer has been identified as Larry Henderson.According to McGuffey, Henderson served for 33 years with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, beginning in 1991. His roles with the sheriff’s office included time spent as an academy instructor, dive team member, SWAT team member, FBI task force member and bomb unit member.“In Deputy Henderson’s early tenure as a Sheriff’s Deputy, I recognized his talent for teaching and presentation,” said Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey in a statement released by her office on Sunday afternoon. “Larry began his journey as a Sheriff’s Office trainer early in his career. He developed an expertise and became an excellent trainer. Subsequently, he trained divisions of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office that included hundreds of deputy sheriffs. His ability to relate to and touch officers’ lives was extraordinary. We will continue to honor Larry’s life of service.” The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office had just posted on Facebook in December about celebrating his retirement from the force. The post has since been deleted.McGuffey also announced in her statement on Sunday announcing Henderson’s death that his badge number of #129 will be permanently retired from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.Henderson was working a special detail with the sheriff’s office to help assist with traffic around UC’s campus as graduation ceremonies were underway there on Friday. After being struck by the car at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Burnet Woods Drive at approximately 1 p.m., he was rushed to nearby UC Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.Immediately after the incident, the car’s driver, 38-year-old Rodney Hinton Jr., was arrested and charged with aggravated murder in connection with Henderson’s death.Hinton’s son, 18-year-old Ryan Hinton, had just been shot and killed by Cincinnati police the morning before. According to a statement put out by legal representatives of the Hinton’s family on Saturday, Rodney Hinton had just recently departed from Cincinnati police headquarters prior to striking Henderson. The statement says that Hinton had just been shown the body camera footage of his son’s death, which caused him to be “distraught” throughout the entire meeting.McGuffey said that her office will share more details about funeral plans for Henderson in the coming days.This is a breaking news story and will be updated as WLWT learns more.
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office has identified the deputy who was killed on Friday in an alleged vehicular homicide near the University of Cincinnati’s campus.
The fallen officer has been identified as Larry Henderson.
According to McGuffey, Henderson served for 33 years with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, beginning in 1991. His roles with the sheriff’s office included time spent as an academy instructor, dive team member, SWAT team member, FBI task force member and bomb unit member.
“In Deputy Henderson’s early tenure as a Sheriff’s Deputy, I recognized his talent for teaching and presentation,” said Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey in a statement released by her office on Sunday afternoon. “Larry began his journey as a Sheriff’s Office trainer early in his career. He developed an expertise and became an excellent trainer. Subsequently, he trained divisions of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office that included hundreds of deputy sheriffs. His ability to relate to and touch officers’ lives was extraordinary. We will continue to honor Larry’s life of service.”
The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office had just posted on Facebook in December about celebrating his retirement from the force. The post has since been deleted.
McGuffey also announced in her statement on Sunday announcing Henderson’s death that his badge number of #129 will be permanently retired from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
Henderson was working a special detail with the sheriff’s office to help assist with traffic around UC’s campus as graduation ceremonies were underway there on Friday. After being struck by the car at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Burnet Woods Drive at approximately 1 p.m., he was rushed to nearby UC Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
Immediately after the incident, the car’s driver, 38-year-old Rodney Hinton Jr., was arrested and charged with aggravated murder in connection with Henderson’s death.
Hinton’s son, 18-year-old Ryan Hinton, had just been shot and killed by Cincinnati police the morning before. According to a statement put out by legal representatives of the Hinton’s family on Saturday, Rodney Hinton had just recently departed from Cincinnati police headquarters prior to striking Henderson. The statement says that Hinton had just been shown the body camera footage of his son’s death, which caused him to be “distraught” throughout the entire meeting.
McGuffey said that her office will share more details about funeral plans for Henderson in the coming days.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated as WLWT learns more.