Otterbein University offers scholarships to fallen officer's daughters

Updated: Feb. 21, 2018 at 5:25 AM EST
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio university has offered full four-year scholarships to the children of an Ohio officer fatally shot while responding to a 911 hang-up call.

A representative from Otterbein University announced the scholarships to all three of Officer Eric Joering's daughters during a Westerville City Council meeting Tuesday evening. Council members voted unanimously at the same meeting to retire the officer's K-9 partner, Sam, to live with the Joering family.

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Officers Joering and Anthony Morelli were killed Feb. 10 after entering a townhome in a Columbus suburb.

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Investigators say 30-year-old Quentin Smith was wounded when he exchanged gunfire with police.

Smith has been charged with aggravated murder, and he is being held without bail.

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