I-TEAM: Mother of fallen officer speaks out on Mother's Day

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11-05-2025

EUCLID, Ohio (WJW) — This Mother's Day marks one year since the murder of Euclid Police Officer Jacob Derbin, and his mother spoke out to the FOX 8 I-Team about what's happening now.
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'A part of me is not here. It's indescribable what you go through. When you lose a child, you don't want anybody to forget,' Dawn Derbin said.
Mother's Day weekend will never be the same. One year ago, Jacob Derbin answered a domestic dispute call, and he was shot and killed in the line of duty.
Since then, his mother is moving forward with ways to honor her son while also still looking back.
'I'm a mom of three boys. One's in heaven, and two are on earth,' Dawn Derbin said.
'It's difficult because I'm still piecing together what happened to my son. I'm still navigating that,' she added.
Investigators say a suspect ambushed Jacob Derbin. Then, that gunman later took his own life.
Last week, Jacob's father spoke out for the first time as he sat down with the I-Team. Vince Trusso also works as a Euclid police officer.
'It hurts. It hurts every single day. It still feels like it happened last night,' he told us.
Jacob's mother says she has now put together a fund for scholarships to be granted in Jacob's name, granted to kids carrying themselves the way Jacob did.
'It goes to somebody that's just a good human being. Somebody that has integrity, courage, kindness,' she said.
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We found Jacob's courage highlighted in the investigation into what happened the night he died. After getting shot, Jacob somehow found a way to call out to other officers and even return fire.
'Anything my son did, he put his entire heart and soul into. He impacted so many people. He was such a beautiful person,' Dawn Derbin said.
A mother left to walk a hard road. All at once looking back and looking forward.
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