Cincinnati officer Sonny Kim honored at police memorial event
Kim was killed last June
This year's has added meaning for the city's Police Department, officers and a family as an officer is remembered.
"The rain represents the tears that are still flowing for Sonny Kim and his family," Mayor John Cranley said at Tuesday바카라 게임 웹사이트s event.
Last June, Cincinnati police Officer Sonny Kim was responding to a 911 call in Madisonville when he came under fire and was killed.
Kim was a 27-year veteran of Cincinnati Police Department, serving in District 2 at the time of his death.
On Tuesday, Kim was posthumously awarded the department바카라 게임 웹사이트s Medal of Valor, which was presented to his family.
His name has been added to the city's police memorial in the West End.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We honor his dedication to duty and for making the ultimate sacrifice in the protection of others without regard to his own personal safety and we pay homage to a true American hero, a father, a husband, a brother, a son and a brother of ours for his extraordinary act of bravery,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said.
Kim was also remembered last week, along with two other fallen officers, at the state of Ohio's police memorial event in London.