A South Carolina sheriff's office is mourning after a deputy lost his battle with COVID-19, news station WJCL reported.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced the passing of Sgt. Mikkos Leonardo Newman on its Facebook page, according to the news station.
“It is with great sorrow and sadness we inform you; the Lee County Sheriff’s Office has lost one of our own,” the department wrote on its Facebook page about Newman, who was born in 1982.
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"Mikkos fought a battle with Covid-19 and lost. He was a faithful servant to Lee County, a father, friend, brother, and son and a valued member of the Sheriff's Office. Far too young to be gone. We ask for understanding and wish to remember him as he would have wanted it. Mikkos was larger than life, full of laughter and kind to everyone. He is survived by his Mother, Father, brother, sister, and children.
"Gone to be with the Father - Until we meet again young man."
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