CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Retired Corpus Christi Police Department Lt. Trace Weaver died Aug. 7 from complications related to injuries he sustained while in the line of duty, according to a post on the CCPD Facebook page Tuesday.
The post states that Weaver was exposed to a dangerous chemical while answering a call in 1997, and eventually retired from the department in 2003.
The post does not say what the chemical was.
A U.S. Army veteran, he served CCPD for 22 years.
He is survived by his wife and two sons.
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