Type of Officer: Police Officer
Jurisdiction: Iola
County: Allen
Death Date: January 4, 2022
Added to Memorial: 2023
Circumstances of Death: COVID-19
David Leroy Ingle, age 52, a 12-year veteran police officer served with the City of Iola for the past nine years. During mid to late December 2021, Officer Ingle had been responding daily to work assignments and calls for service involving persons who had or were suspected of having COVID-19. Testing positive for COVID-19 on December 30, 2021, Officer Ingle was hospitalized and subsequently transferred to Topeka for further medical treatment. On January 4, 2022, following a very short, courageous battle with the COVID virus, Officer Ingle succumbed to medical complications resulting from his COVID exposure. Officer Ingle is survived by his wife, two daughters, and two sons.
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