By Police1 Staff
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The widow of an officer killed in the line of duty earlier this month was sworn in as a special agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Sadia Baxter was sworn in Monday, WESH reported. She will be working in the organized crime unit.
Officials said Baxter was hired before her husband, Officer Matthew Baxter, was murdered. According to WFTV, she was an officer with the Kissimmee Police Department before she was hired on as a special agent.
Matthew and Sgt. Sam Howard were patrolling a neighborhood with a history of drug activity on Aug. 18 when the deadly shooting occurred, the Associated Press reported. While investigating three people, Baxter got into a scuffle with Everett Miller. Both officers were shot and killed. Miller, 45, faces multiple charges including first-degree murder.
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