Candlelight vigil to honor fallen North Las Vegas police officer

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Two days after a police capturing left a gunman and a North Las Vegas police officer useless the neighborhood is coming collectively to honor Officer Jason Roscow.

The Injured Police Officers Fund will host the candlelight vigil Thursday at Liberty Park at North Las Vegas Metropolis Corridor from 5:30 p.m. to six:30 p.m.

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“We invite everyone in the community to join us at Liberty Park at the North Las Vegas City Hall as we come together to honor and remember fallen officer, Jason Roscow, who has dedicated his life to protecting and serving,” IPOF President & Officer Alex Cuevas mentioned. “We stand together in honoring a true hero who gave everything for the safety and well-being of others.”

North Las Vegas police determine officer killed in lethal capturing

The Injured Police Officers Fund will host the candlelight vigil Thursday at Liberty Park at North Las Vegas Metropolis Corridor from 5:30 p.m. to six:30 p.m. North Las Vegas police officer Jason Roscow’s patrol automobile. (KLAS)The Injured Police Officers Fund will host the candlelight vigil Thursday at Liberty Park at North Las Vegas Metropolis Corridor from 5:30 p.m. to six:30 p.m. North Las Vegas police officer Jason Roscow’s patrol automobile. (KLAS)

The capturing occurred in a neighborhood Tuesday close to West Lone Mountain Highway and Camino Al Norte, in a neighborhood positioned close to Craig Ranch Park. In response to police, Roscow responded to a report of a person who pointed a gun at one other particular person. The particular person with the gun ignored the officer’s instructions and shot Roscow, police mentioned. The person was additionally killed.

Roscow labored within the division’s visitors division for over a decade earlier than switching to patrol final yr. 

Past his service as an officer, Jason Roscow leaves behind two younger sons. A neighborhood funeral service will likely be held at Central Christian Church, with additional particulars to be introduced. He will likely be laid to relaxation in his hometown of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois