After a year of fundraising, construction is now under way on amemorial garden honoring the first police officer slain in the lineof duty in Kalamazoo, Mich. The Eric Zapata Community Memorial isbeing built on the Kalamazoo Mall in an effort whose leadershipincludes the $422 million Kellogg Community Federal Credit Union.Zapata was a 10-year department veteran and a father of three whenhe was gunned down while responding to a shots fired call on April18, 2011.
|“We have been raising funds for a year now and are veryexcited to see the work getting under way on the memorial garden,”said KCFCU's senior marketing manager, Susan Balbaugh. The bronzebust, which will stand in the middle of the garden, was completed afew months ago by artist Brent Harris of the Alchemist Foundry.Unveiling of the completed memorial is expected in mid-June.
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