(Sioux City) — Sioux City Police officer, and Le Mars native Jill Ohm returned back to duty on Thursday following a shooting incident last October 3rd. Ohm was shot in the jaw and required reconstructive surgery. She met with the local news media to describe her recovery. Officer Ohm responded to a call of a possible suicidal person on the city’s westside. When Ohm arrived, the suspect, Noah Ironshell, came out of the house and approached her.
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Ohm remembers hearing two shots, one of which struck her in the chin. Ironshell then ran away up the street.
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The bullet shattered Ohm’s jaw and remains in her. Surgeons decided it was safer to leave it because it lodged near her spinal cord.
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Ironshell was found later that day in a nearby abandoned house. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Residents of Sioux City and Le Mars showed support for Ohm and the police department by shining blue lights on their porches and in windows.
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Ohm was to be married last year, but the shooting and her recovery from her injuries caused the event to be postponed. She and her fiance, who is also a Sioux City police officer, will be married on February 21st.
