Members of the community, law enforcement, and area officials gathered at the Hopkinsville Police Department Memorial Park to remember fallen police officer Phillip Meacham one year after his death Friday afternoon.
During his comments, Hopkinsville Mayor Carter Hendricks quoted a bible verse from 1st John 3:16.
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During the ceremony, the Hopkinsville Police Department Honor Guard posted the colors and laid a wreath at the memorial site. Trigg County Sheriff Jason Barnes also sang Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless America”.
Officer Meacham was fatally shot on Paulette Court while off duty on March 29, 2018, when he was investigating a man who was driving a vehicle and unlawfully using flashing blue lights. Following the shooting, the suspect fled the scene and was shot and killed later that night by law enforcement officers in Clarksville.
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