INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - The Indiana Department of Correction said they have lost their first officer to coronavirus.
Correctional Officer Gary Weinke, 67, died from complications of COVID-19 on Saturday, the department said. Weinke, who has worked at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility in Sullivan County since 2007, is the first state correctional officer to die as a result of contracting the virus.
The department said Weinke's last day of work was March 29. It was later reported that he had shown symptoms of the virus, then tested positive for COVID-19.
Weinke worked in the Special Confinement Unit at the facility. His wife, Naomi, is also a correctional officer at the prison.
"Our condolences go out to his wife Naomi, his family, and his friends. He was a one-of-a-kind officer who touched the lives of many of those that he worked closest with. He will be truly missed," said Acting Warden Frank Littlejohn.
