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Orlando unveils road sign honoring Officer Valencia after 2021 death from gunshot wound

Stretch of South Kirkman honors OPD officer shot in head in 2018 responding to domestic violence call

Mayor Buddy Dyer hugs a tearful Meghan Valencia (right) as Orlando police Chief Eric Smith unveils a road sign dedicated to her late husband, Officer Kevin Valencia, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Valencia died in 2021, after suffering a gunshot to the head while responding to a 2018 domestic dispute. (Cristóbal Reyes/Orlando Sentinel)
Mayor Buddy Dyer hugs a tearful Meghan Valencia (right) as Orlando police Chief Eric Smith unveils a road sign dedicated to her late husband, Officer Kevin Valencia, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Valencia died in 2021, after suffering a gunshot to the head while responding to a 2018 domestic dispute. (Cristóbal Reyes/Orlando Sentinel)
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In June 2018, he responded to a domestic violence call at an apartment complex where he was shot in the head. He succumbed to his injuries in 2021.

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