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Injured Oak Creek police officer was finalist for chief in 2010
.jpg "Lt. Brian Murphy (left) works with Paul Gruettner during a simulation of medicine distribution in the case of an emergency in June of 2011.")
Lt. Brian Murphy (left) works with Paul Gruettner during a simulation of medicine distribution in the case of an emergency in June of 2011. Photo By C.T. Kruger
Brian Murphy, the Oak Creek police lieutenant who waved off help despite being shot multiple times in yesterday's mass shooting at the Sikh temple, was a finalist for the chief of police position in 2010.
The 51-year-old was listed in critical condition at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa as of Monday morning.
See social media salutes to Murphy here.
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