LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. -- The La Porte County sheriff's deputy who was shot multiple times in an emergency room is returning to Michiana.

According to a new post from the La Porte County Sheriff's Department, Deputy Jon Samuelson has been discharged from the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in downtown Chicago.

Officials say his time at the facility allowed him to "push forward, work toward his goals, and check off accomplishments that once seemed far away."

The sheriff's department says Samuelson will continue to attend intensive outpatient therapy at Shirley Ryan three days a week but will live in La Porte County. 

Samuelson had been away from home for 173 days.

Sharod Grafton, the man accused of shooting Samuelson, is due for trial in February 2027.