A former Milwaukee Firefighter and Navy veteran lost his battle with the coronavirus, after falling ill last week.
The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner said 66-year-old Lawrence Riley died this week after testing positive for the coronavirus. Family says he leaves behind his wife, six kids and eight grandchildren. Elvaughn Riley, Lawrence's son, said his father got sick last Thursday. On Monday, he went to the hospital, where his symptoms got so bad, "it got to the point where he couldn't walk," he said.
Elvaughn wasn't able to say goodbye to his father.
"Any message that we did have for him we had to pass along to the nurse to whisper in his ear because they had him in a coma on a breathing machine," Elvaughn said.