Widow of Pierce County deputy fights for line-of-duty death recognition

Pierce County Deputy Daryl Shuey’s widow fought for years to get his name on a memorial in Pierce County, but specific criteria prevented it from happening.

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. —  It has taken Karen Shuey four years to get here. 
 
“I fought so hard for this,” she said. 
   
On Friday, her late husband’s name was added to the first responders memorial wall in Pierce County. In 2020, Pierce County Deputy Daryl Shuey was moving heavy bags of garbage from a stolen car, when he suffered a heart attack and died.

But the county didn’t immediately recognize Shuey’s death as line-of-duty.

“For four years we’ve been laying flowers on

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