One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
LAX Police Officer Dies After Finishing 5K Honoring Police Officer Killed In Line Of Duty
Police badge via Shutterstock.com
A police officer died after finishing a 5K held annually in honor of a police officer who died while on duty in 2005.Anthony Edwards, 46, of Santa Clarita died not long after he completed the Annual Tommy Scott 5K Memorial Run on Thursday. He was transported to Kaiser Hospital where he died, according to the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association. Edwards had a heart problem that was discovered at the hospital, The Daily Breeze reported.
Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon told the newspaper, "We were honoring one guy - Tommy Scott, who had given his life for this city - and then the irony of it was that an officer who was honoring Tommy passed away himself. It's hard for everyone to get their arms around this."
Edwards graduated from the Rio Hondo Police Academy and joined the Los Angeles Airport Police in 2001. He was actually a classmate of Scott, who was killed when a man jumped into his patrol car. The man took off while the officer was clinging to the door, and Scott was decapitated when the patrol car struck a fire hydrant.
Edwards leaves behind his wife, Candice, and their two adult children, Ashley and Anthony. Memorial arrangements are pending for Edwards.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
