LODD: Correctional Officer Gabriel Forrest
Correctional Officer Gabriel Forrest
Washington State Department of Corrections, Washington
End of Watch Thursday, June 17, 2021
BIO
Age 42
Tour 19 years
Badge Not available
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause COVID19
Incident Date Not available
Correctional Officer Gabriel Forrest died from complications as the result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen, Washington.
Officer Forrest had served with the Washington State Department of Corrections for 19 years.
Beginning in early 2020, thousands of law enforcement officers and other first responders throughout the country contracted COVID-19 during the worldwide pandemic due to requirements of their job. Many of these first responders have died as a result of COVID-19, and continue to do so as the virus spreads across the United States.
