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OAKLAND, Calif., March 24 (UPI) -- An Oakland, Calif., police officer gravely wounded in a shootout last weekend has been taken off life support, officials said.
The Alameda County Coroner's Office confirmed that officer John Hege was removed from life support and his organs harvested for donation early Tuesday, two days after he was declared brain dead by doctors, KTVU-TV, San Francisco, reported.
Hege, 41, officially became the fourth police fatality in Saturday's violent confrontations with a wanted parolee, identified as Lovelle Mixon, 26.
Police sources told the station Hege was one of two Oakland officers allegedly slain by Mixon during a traffic stop. After tracing Mixon to a nearby apartment building, two SWAT team officers were also allegedly killed by Mixon before he himself was slain in a hail of police bullets.
Hege worked as a physical education teacher and a volunteer reserve officer before joining the Oakland police force a decade ago, KTVU reported.
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