Watch Seriously Wounded Mo. Police Officer Leave Hospital

Source The Joplin Globe, Mo.

Officer Rick Hirshey has been released from a local hospital, the Joplin Police Department said on social media Wednesday.

Hirshey, 53, was seriously wounded last week in a shooting that left Cpl. Ben Cooper and Officer Jake Reed dead. The suspect was fatally wounded by another police officer.

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Hirshey was shot in the face through the windshield of his vehicle and could require numerous surgeries as he recovers, the police department previously said.

"Officer Hirshey still has a long recovery period so please keep him in your thoughts and prayers," the department said on Facebook earlier today.

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