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Urban Meyer Visits Hospital Bedside of Deputy Shot in the Line of Duty

Franklin County Sheriff's deputy Jacob Heaberlin, was shot in the abdomen after a traffic stop gone awry Saturday.

Wednesday, he received perhaps his most famous visitor at Grant Medical Center: Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer.

FROM A WARRIOR ON THE FIELD TO A WARRIOR ON OUR STREETS
We would like to thank OSU Coach @OSUCoachMeyer for stopping by to visit Deputy Jacob Heaberlin in the hospital today after he was shot in the line of duty earlier this week. GO JAKE & GO BUCKS! #PoliceWeek2018 pic.twitter.com/Cs1WSWZ0Pe

— Franklin County Sheriffs Office (@OHFCSO) May 16, 2018

The suspect in Heaberlin's shooting, 55-year-old Darrell Bruffy, of Orient, was killed in the shootout.