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[MalahatTwo7]

Second Fairfax County Officer Dies

POSTED: 5:44 am EDT May 17, 2006
UPDATED: 6:57 am EDT May 17, 2006

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Fairfax County police Officer Michael Garborino has died, according Inova Fairfax Hospital spokeswoman Karen Ferguson.

Garborino died at 2:45 a.m. this morning, Ferguson said.

Garborino, 53, was the officer who was critically wounded in the deadly attack last Monday on the Fairfax County Sully District Police Station, in Chantilly, Va.

Garborino and Fairfax police Detective Vicky Armel were shot by 18-year-old Michael Kennedy, who was heavily armed when he stormed the police station last Monday. Kennedy was killed during the shootout.

Officials said Garborino, a 23-year veteran of the force, was sitting in his car preparing to go home when he was shot five times.

Armel was killed last Monday.

Garborino had been in critical condition at Inova Fairfax Hospital since the shooting.

[chopper12]

He and his family will be in my prayers.

[martinm]

Having recently lost an officer in the police service I work for (he was killed by a prisoner), my thoughts are with the lost officers family at this terrible time and the other members of his service.