Linda Tirado, a journalist who permanently lost sight in her left eye after being struck by a police projectile as she covered the 2020 riots in
Minneapolis, has entered hospice care as a result of her injuries, according to the National Press Club.
Tirado, now 42, was 38 years old when she and other journalists covering the riots were fired upon by officers with less-lethal munitions.
Tirado was struck in her left eye and, despite wearing protective goggles, suffered permanent blindness the eye.
Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, said in a statement Tuesday that Tirado has a traumatic brain injury from the blow and corresponding dementia.
"While she has battled, her condition has continued to worsen to the point she is at life's end and receiving palliative care," Wilkins stated.