Friends share memories of Cleveland police officer Jamieson Ritter, who was killed while on duty
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Friends and community members are
Friends and community members are continuing to mourn the loss of 27-year-old Jamieson Ritter, the Cleveland police officer shot and killed in the line of duty early Thursday morning.
As flowers, notes and other tributes pile up in front of the Cleveland Division of Police's Third District to honor the fallen officer, Ritter’s loved ones in other states are wrestling with grief of their own.
“He was an incredible friend, and I know that he was an incredible son, just really an incredible human,” said close friend Jack Schwab.
Schwab says his friendship with Ritter began in their freshman year of high school together in Rochester, New York, and since then, they’ve been best friends.
He said Thursday morning, he woke up to a missed call from Ritter’s mom. When he called back, he got the devastating news Ritter was dead.
“I just, it's hard to fathom that I won't ever see him again because of the positive impact that he had on my life and his family continues to have on my life,” said Schwab.
Schwab says the news has been hard on their entire friend group, who all rushed to Ritter’s family’s home in New York within hours of hearing the news. However, in the middle of the grief, Schwab says he knows his friend died doing what he believed he was called to do.
“I think he really saw it as a duty, and I think that he felt, while he was capable of helping people, that he was obligated to do so.”
Annabelle Childers reports. --
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As flowers, notes and other tributes pile up in front of the Cleveland Division of Police's Third District to honor the fallen officer, Ritter’s loved ones in other states are wrestling with grief of their own.
“He was an incredible friend, and I know that he was an incredible son, just really an incredible human,” said close friend Jack Schwab.
Schwab says his friendship with Ritter began in their freshman year of high school together in Rochester, New York, and since then, they’ve been best friends.
He said Thursday morning, he woke up to a missed call from Ritter’s mom. When he called back, he got the devastating news Ritter was dead.
“I just, it's hard to fathom that I won't ever see him again because of the positive impact that he had on my life and his family continues to have on my life,” said Schwab.
Schwab says the news has been hard on their entire friend group, who all rushed to Ritter’s family’s home in New York within hours of hearing the news. However, in the middle of the grief, Schwab says he knows his friend died doing what he believed he was called to do.
“I think he really saw it as a duty, and I think that he felt, while he was capable of helping people, that he was obligated to do so.”
Annabelle Childers reports. --
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