Franklin wrestler-turned-officer killed

FRANKLIN, Ohio (WDTN) - A Franklin High School graduate-turned-police officer was killed during a standoff in Alaska.  The Hoonah, Alaska police department is not commenting right now but a television station in that area reported that two police officers were killed when a gunman ambushed them late Saturday night.

One of the two was 32-year-old Tony Wallace who graduated from Franklin High School in 1997.  He was known as a competitive wrestler but his coach at the time told 2 NEWS Wallace excelled in everything he did and he did so with a disability.  He was deaf.

Nonetheless he went onto become a three-time All American at Rochester Institute of Technology.  He became a police officer like his father and grandfather before him.

His former wrestling coach Paul Ostermann said he's not surprised that Wallace would risk his own life for the safety of others.  "You know with a police officer that's always a possibility and you know with Tony he never backed down from anything.  Trying to get people safe without disregard or regard for himself so I can see the situation where it would occur.

Hoonah is forty miles from Juneau and we understand with the deaths of Officer Wallace and another man the town is left with only one police officer.