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Independence PD officer honors Madrid-Evans while running Boston Marathon

Officer Nunn Boston Marathon
Posted at 12:12 PM, Oct 11, 2021
and last updated 2021-10-12 09:50:14-04

UPDATE, Oct. 12 | Officer Nunn finished the marathon with a time of 2:57:15 and placed 1,204th out of 9,241 runners.

ORIGINAL STORY, Oct. 11 | An Independence Police Department officer will be honoring fallen officer Blazie Madrid-Evans while he runs the Boston Marathon Monday.

Officer Nunn, a school resource officer at Truman High School, will wear a tank top that says #Blaizeon, according to an IPD Facebook post.

Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans was shot and killed in the line of duty in mid-September. He had recently graduated from the police academy in July.