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Photo: Widow, colleagues honor fallen LEO with maternity photo shoot

Officers with the Greenville Police Department joined the pregnant widow of a fallen officer for a maternity shoot

By Police1 Staff

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Officers with the Greenville Police Department joined the pregnant widow of a fallen officer for a maternity shoot.

According to the Epoch Times, Meghan M. Jacobs was a newlywed and soon-to-be mother when her husband, 28-year-old Officer Allen Jacobs, was shot and killed on March 18 by a gang member. The gunman fled the scene and fatally shot himself.

(Photo courtesy of J.Ellex Photography)

Officer Jacobs was a military veteran. In addition to his wife and unborn child, he is also survived by his two sons.

Jessie Ellex, who took the photos, wrote about the shoot on Facebook:

“Officer Allen Jacobs was a well decorated army veteran and devoted police officer to the Greenville community. Meghan M Jacobs is expecting a baby girl in July and I was given the honor to capture these photographs for her.”