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Wash. cop blinded after being shot in head completes 5K race

Officer Mike McClaughry was shot and blinded while responding to a shooting in December

By Police1 Staff

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — An officer who was shot while responding to a shooting in December finished a 5K race with the help of a friend.

Officer Mike McClaughry completed the Fun with the Fuzz 5K race with the help of a friend Saturday, Bellingham police said in a tweet.

McClaughry, 60, was blinded after he was shot in the back of the head and is continuing treatment, KING5 reported.

According to the Associated Press, Ernesto Lee Rivas, an alleged gang member, and two teens, ages 15 and 16, who were in the home during the standoff have been arrested and charged.

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