A McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy who was shot nearly a year ago while responding to a domestic violence call has died.
Deputy Dwight Maness of McHenry died Monday.
He was a former U.S. Army Ranger, Iraq veteran and spent nearly eight years with the Sheriff’s Department.
The shooting left him needing a wheelchair or walker.
He had vowed that he would recover, saying he looked forward to walking and riding a motorcycle again.
Maness was shot in the back and leg when he and his partner, Deputy Khalia Satkiewicz, responded to a domestic disturbance call in Holiday Hills on October 16.
They were ambushed by shooter Scott B. Peters, who fired more than a dozen rounds from a semi-automatic rifle through the front door.
Satkiewicz was also injured and the deputies received Purple Hearts from the Sheriff’s Office.
After he was captured, Peters was sentenced in June to 135 years in prison.