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Jeffrey Wade Sewell ("Jeff")
- Sep. 26, 2020 -
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Resided: |
Atoka OK, USA
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Born: | Nov. 03, 1961 |
Fallen: | Sep. 26, 2020 |
Race/Sex: | Caucasian Male / 58 yrs. of age |
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Dept: | Oklahoma Highway Patrol
3600 N. MLK Blvd. Oklahoma City, OK
73136 USA (405)425-2424 |
County: | Oklahoma |
Dept. Type: | State/Police |
Hero's Rank: | Captain |
Sworn Date: | 1988 |
FBI Class: | Death - Biological |
Weapon Class: | COVID-19 |
Agency URL: | Click Here
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Badge: | 26 |
On The Job: |
32 years
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Duties: | assigned to the Officers Assistance Program |
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Bio: Jeffery 'Jeff' Wade Sewell, an Atoka, OK resident, was born to Max Lee and Billye Sue (Thomas) Sewell, in Oklahoma City, OK. He attended Telstar, Oak Ridge, his favorite elementary school Little Axe, Coalgate, Atoka High School where he graduated in 1980. Jeff graduated from East Central University with a Bachelor Degree in Accounting and went on to attend the OHP Academy in 1988, graduating in July 1988 from the 43rd Academy.
Jeff was Junior High quarterback, linebacker, tight end and defensive end for Atoka High School. He was named All District and All Area football player for Atoka and was said to be one of the toughest players Atoka produced. He refereed football 35 years before he retired from refereeing.
Jeff was a longtime member of Atoka First Baptist Church where he was very involved and served as Deacon and taught Sunday School through the years.
He married Ellen Denise Ring on Saturday, July 24th, 1982 at Ada, OK. They celebrated 38 years of marriage before his passing.
Jeff worked for Breeden Texaco and Morris Cochran Equipment, Bill Flowers Construction, Mechanical Services before he began his career in law enforcement, ultimately working his way up to Captain in rank. Jeff was shot in the line of duty in November 1988 while serving the OHP in Roger Mills County. He then received Trooper of the year in 1988.
He served OHP in numerous locations throughout Oklahoma. He was DARE instructor for several area schools, active with the Cadet Lawmen Academy for 31 years, was TAC Supervisor with the OHP 55th academy in 2005.
Jeff was a rancher and enjoyed his cattle and baling hay. He was very involved in the local Special Olympics and Tip A Cop;, always attended the Special Olympics summer games in Stillwater, OK, was very passionate about football;, was a several time marathon finisher;, ran OKC Bombing Marathon three different times;, volunteer fireman for Atoka seven and a half years and was Firefighter of the year in 1995. Jeff was actively involved in Celebrate Recovery -Atoka, The Sarah House, a recovery program, and got the most enjoyment entertaining the old coffee drinkers at the Atoka Truck Stop at table 12.
More than anything Jeff loved being 'Pa' to his 5 grandchildren. |
Survived by: |
Ellen - Wife & two daughters
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Fatal Incident Summary
Offender: |
No Info
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Location: |
Oklahoma City,
OK
USA
Mon. Oct. 05, 2020
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Summary: |
Captain Jeff Sewell died as the result of complications after contracted COVID-19 while on duty. ====================================================================
COVID-19, a flu-like virus, originated in Wuhan, China. Worth a mention, the Chinese Government had a biological research facility in that very province. At this point, it was widely held that COVID-19 was a bat-coronavirus and the first case was discovered in Wuhan in Oct. 2019.
On Dec. 31, 2019, Chinese authorities alerted the World Health Organization of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei province, China, with an unknown cause. Jan 7, 2020 Chinese authorities identify a new type of coronavirus (called novel coronavirus or nCoV).
Despite deaths and an entire Chinese Province(Hubei) quarantined by the Chinese Government, the World Health Organization(WHO) simply declares a global public-health emergency. Despite this serious understatement, on January 31st, President Trump bans foreign nationals from entering the US if they were in China within the prior two weeks. Despite a large public outcry of racism, this move likely saved 1000's of American lives, it would later be deemed.
After a full blown global infection, and an entire country being declared on 'Lockdown'(Italy), on March 11th, WHO declared the outbreak a pandemic. This same day, President Trump bans all travel from 26 European countries. On Mar. 13th, a US national emergency is declared over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
On Mar. 23rd, New York City confirms 21,000 cases, making it the biggest epicenter of the outbreak in the US. On Mar. 31, more than 1/3 of humanity is under some form of lockdown. On Apr. 2nd, the world passes one million COVID-19 infections.
On April 7th, roughly 95% of all Americans are under lockdown, as 42 states issue stay-at-home orders. The entire American economy has ground to a halt. Congress passed laws awarding trillions in grants, loans and other types of assistance to the American working population and businesses.
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