Jacqueline Reckling said her family has lost its “rock” after her husband was killed in the line of duty Saturday night, leaving behind three young children and one on the way.
“The world has been hearing about how the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office lost a talented and dedicated detective this weekend. But more significantly, our family lost everything,” the grieving widow told “Fox & Friends” Tuesday.
Thirty-year-old Bradley Reckling, a Michigan sheriff’s deputy, was killed in an ambush when the driver of a stolen vehicle jumped out and opened fire.
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Jacqueline, who is pregnant with the couple’s fourth child, said her young daughters – ages six, four and one – do not yet fully understand what happened to their father.
“He was everything that was good and truly an exceptional human being. He poured his entire heart into every aspect of his life, and he was selfless in giving. He put himself before others, and he always showed up,” she said. “He loved being a detective, and he was a great detective for all those reasons. But he loved being a dad more, and he was the best dad to our girls. … He taught so much to our girls, and they looked up to him so much. They wanted to be just like him. And they deserve so much more time with him.”
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard told “Fox & Friends First” that Bradley was in plain clothes and an unmarked car at the time of the incident. He reported that three people have since been arrested.
Bouchard noted Bradley’s diligence and work ethic, saying he was “honored” to promote him to sheriff’s deputy.
Deputy Brad Reckling tragically lost his life in the line of duty on June 23, 2024. He leaves behind a wife and three children. (Oakland County Sheriff’s Office)
“So many people are hurting after this and just crushed, quite frankly,” Bouchard said. “I think sometimes when you lose someone that’s this impactful and larger-than-life, it makes a bigger crater, if you will.”
“What we’re trying to do is do everything we can to help the family, support the family, take out some of the financial bumps and edges that they’re going to be facing. We’ll never fill that hole, no one will ever be able to do that, but we’re going to try to help them on things we can help and be there for them.”
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Tunnel to Towers CEO Frank Siller has since promised to pay off the Recklings’ mortgage to help alleviate the financial burden Jacqueline now faces as a soon-to-be mother of four. The family also has a GoFundMe page for support.
Jacqueline’s message to Americans is to remember that police officers are just doing their jobs and going home to their families like everyone else.
“Brad was my best friend. We made such a great team together, and we were building such a beautiful life,” she said. “We lost the rock of our family in addition to the community losing a detective.”
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An Ohio man’s claim that he was unaware the tire that rolled off his truck may have killed someone was dashed by a year-old jailhouse phone call dredged up by investigators, police said.
Lauren Collins, an 18-year-old rising sophomore studying fashion merchandising at the University of Kentucky, died of her injuries after a runaway tire rolled across the concrete barrier on I-75 near the Ohio border, smashing through her windshield just after midnight on July 16, 2023, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office.
Six days after the crash, 37-year-old Ricky A. Raider reported himself to the Independence Police Department, admitting “he lost a tire on the interstate over the past weekend but didn’t believe his tire had hit anyone,” the office wrote in a June 21 press release.
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Lauren Collins, 18, was a sophomore at the University of Kentucky studying merchandising, apparel and textiles. She was a member of the school’s Kappa Delta sorority. (Facebook/Lauren Collins)
But a recording of a phone call between Raider and a female inmate at the Bullitt County Detention Center, about 100 miles away from that police department, obtained by Sgt. Jeff Nagy, with the Independence Police Department’s Accident Reconstruction Unit, painted a different picture of the collision that opened the driver up to criminal prosecution.
The night Collins was killed, Raider told the female caller that a tire had come off his 1993 Ford F-250 earlier in the evening, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office wrote.
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A runaway tire smashed into Collins’ windshield around 12:15 a.m. on July 16, 2023, on I-75 near the Ohio border. Police said she died of her injuries at a nearby hospital. (Facebook/Lauren Collins)
He told the inmate that he “witnessed the tire collide with Collins’ vehicle” and “knew that the collision likely resulted in someone being hurt or killed.”
He said he retrieved the tire, which came to rest along the concrete barrier between the north and southbound lanes, affixed it back to his truck and fled the scene.
Ricky Raider, 37, of Cincinnati, was indicted on felony charges for knowingly leaving the scene of the accident this month – nearly a year after Collins’ death. (Boone County Sheriff’s Office)
“What he did was he stole lug nuts from other wheels to secure that tire just to get it up the road and off of the interstate,” Maj. Philip Ridgell, with the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, told Fox 19.
Raider was indicted on charges of leaving the scene of an accident/failure to render aid with death or serious physical injury and one count of persistent felony offender 1st offense on June 4, the office wrote.
He was booked into Boone County Jail on June 12, where he remains on $40,000 bond, according to online jail records. He requested a public defender at his Wednesday court appearance, Fox 19 reported, and his next court date is scheduled for July 24.
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DETROIT – Police are asking the public to help them identify a baby and locate the child’s parents or guardians.
The baby was found early Sunday, June 30, 2024, morning in the 3200 block of Virginia Park Street in Detroit.
Anyone who can identify the child or their parents or guardians is asked to contact the Detroit Police Department’s 10th precinct at 313-596-1000.
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