DeWine orders flags lowered for Cleveland officer killed in shooting

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Gov. Mike DeWine has ordered flags at half-staff on the Fourth of July after a shooting in Cleveland left an officer dead.

The governor has requested flags to remain lowered from Thursday through sunset on the day of Cleveland Officer Jamieson Ritter's funeral. The order applies to all state and U.S. flags on public buildings and grounds in Cuyahoga County and at the Ohio Statehouse, as well as Rhodes State Office Tower in Columbus.

"On this Independence Day...