Officer Charles Irvine Jr. was killed in an automobile accident while pursuing a suspect in Milwaukee. The brave officer was only 23 years old at the time.
Avant Turner, 12, was walking past the slain officer’s monument outside the Police Department’s District 4 station a few days after the disaster. The small youngster couldn’t help noticing a cop car shrouded in black and adorned with lovely flowers and presents from neighborhood members. Avant could hardly see the car beneath because there were so many.
Avant wasn’t sure who the police car belonged to at first, so he glanced at the officer’s photo, which was put amid the flowers. His body was flooded with astonishment. Avant was familiar with this cop. In reality, they’d created a relationship that few others in the area were aware of.
Avant was surprised by how much his friend’s death affected him. So he went to school and wrote a letter by hand. He placed it at the monument, and while the plain white paper may appear lost in a sea of beautiful and bright trinkets and flowers, it was what Avant’s message showed that was arguably the most intimate.
Officer Irvine was acknowledged for being his buddy and assisting him when he required it. Avant, it appears, frequently stopped by the police before school.
Officer Irvine took the time to chat to the young man about school and life, even assisting him with his homework at times.
Few people knew Avant and Officer Irvine were buddies, but that’s irrelevant.
Avant acknowledged in an interview that officer Charles Irvine Jr. was the one person he could confide in. Avant’s life had not been smooth. After his brother was arrested, he began seeing Officer Irvine. The officer had been there for him during his good and bad times, so it’s no wonder that his demise was difficult to accept.
While his note isn’t as memorable as the beautiful blooms that surround the grave, Avant’s gift is arguably the most personal of all.
Avant’s mother was well aware of how much Officer Irvine meant to her son.
She stated: “There’s a lot of stuff going on with cops again, where the community isn’t believing the officers, but you can find a lot of faith in some of them. You have to locate those people, and Officer Irvine was one of them.”
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