BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - About 200 people marched from Bismarck to Mandan Sunday in honor of the Grand Forks police officer who was killed in the line of duty last month.
Cody Holte, 29, died May 27 when he was shot while officers served eviction papers at an apartment in Grand Forks.
The crowd walked across the Liberty Memorial Bridge over the Missouri River that connects Bismarck and Mandan.
Law enforcement officers from local agencies and the North Dakota Highway Patrol accompanied the marchers, the Bismarck Tribune reported.
Bismarck Police Sgt. Noah Lindelow Lindelow said it was meaningful to see residents come out to support an officer who wasn’t from their own community.
“We know, doing this job day to day, this community supports us,” he said.
Holte’s funeral was held June 2 in Grand Forks. He is survived by his wife and infant son.
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