An unvaccinated Louisiana police officer died of COVID-19 on the eve of his wedding day.
According to ABC News, Lt. Demarcus Dunn, 36, tested positive for COVID on July 29. Days later he started coughing and having difficulty breathing. On Aug. 10, he was placed on a ventilator. He died three days later, Aug. 13.
Dunn was not vaccinated. He did not explain why he chose not to get the shot and the department did not mandate it.
“It was disturbing to me that he hadn’t gotten it [the vaccine] and I didn’t know for sure he hadn’t gotten it ’til it was all over with,” Baker Police Chief Carl Dunn, who is also a cousin of Lt. Dunn said.
Dunn and his fianceé originally planned to get married in July 2020 but, they postponed the ceremony to Aug. 14 due to the pandemic.
In addition to his fianceé, Dunn leaves behind three children ages 1, 5 and 13.
