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Albuquerque police officer Daniel Webster dies a little more than a week after being shot
Officer Daniel Webster. (APD)
When Ashleigh Webster gave her dad a hug and a kiss Wednesday afternoon, she knew it was for the last time.
After a week in the hospital’s intensive care unit, her father, Albuquerque police officer Daniel Webster, was hooked up to a breathing tube and other life support machines. He had gunshot wounds in his stomach, chest and jaw area. His eyes were closed.
“I gave him a hug and a kiss, and told him my kids love him. I got to say goodbye,” she said. “He looked like he was lying there in peace.”
Webster, 47, was taken off life support early Thursday. He died around 2:15 a.m.
Read more: http://www.abqjournal.com/667292/news/officer-daniel-webster-dies.html