From the moment Mark Douglas hit the road Friday, headed for the Fawn Creek neighborhood of slain police Officer Lois Marrero, he worried about it. As a longtime reporter for NBC affiliate WFLA-Ch. 8, he knew the drill. Talk to the neighbors, find her friends and tell how those who lived near the 40-year-old police veteran were coping with news of her death. But while driving to the home she shared with life partner and fellow Tampa Police Detective Mickie Mashburn, Douglas wondered: Should he mention it? Should he say she was gay?
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