WASHINGTON D.C. (trfnews.i234.me) – The names of 2 Minnesota officers were added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. Monday night.
well the names of two fallen officers from Minnesota are among the 282 added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial this year in Washington Deputy Josh Owen (Minnesota) Pope County Sheriffs Office and Officer Jake Wallin (North Dakota – Minnesota native) Fargo Police Department from St Michael were honored during a vigil Monday night on the National Mall 40-year-old Owen was fatally shot last April during domestic uh domestic call in the town of Cyrus 23-year-old Wallen shot and killed on July 14th as he and officers responded to a traffic crash the names are now engraved on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
Officers killed in Minnesota and surrounding states in 2023:
Officer Peter Jerving (Wisconsin) Milwaukee Police Department, February 7
Officer Emily Breidenbach, (Wisconsin) Chetek Police Department, April 8
Officer Hunter Scheel (Wisconsin) Camerson Police Department, April 8
Deputy Josh Owen (Minnesota) Pope County Sheriffs Office, April 15
Deputy Katie Leising (Wisconsin) St. Croix Sheriffs Office, May 6
Officer Jake Wallin (North Dakota – Minnesota native) Fargo Police Department, July 14
Officer Kevin M. Cram, (Iowa) Algona Police Department, Sept. 13
Deputy Paul Martin (North Dakota) Mercer Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 6