On April 14, 2024, the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office lost Lieutenant Michael “Hootch” Hoosock to gunfire. He was 37 years old. Behind the rank was a husband, a father of three, and a public servant whose life had been given to protecting others. His death leaves a pain that numbers cannot measure. Sixteen years of service ended in an instant, but the people who loved Michael Hoosock must carry the permanence of that loss. His wife and children are left with the unbearable absence of a man who should still be coming home.

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