NORTH ADAMS, Mass. (AP) — The Capitol police officer and Massachusetts native killed in the line of duty in April is being commemorated in his hometown with a bench.
The dedication ceremony for the bench in honor of William “Billy” Evans is planned for Sunday morning at the Noel Field Athletic Complex in North Adams, The Berkshire Eagle reported .
Evans was born in North Adams and attended Drury High School. In his honor, his classmates in the Drury High School class of 1998 donated the bench — a gift the City Council formally accepted at its meeting this week.
Evans, 41, was killed April 2 when he and another officer were struck by a driver ramming a steel barricade near the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington. Police shot and killed the driver.
He had been a Capitol officer since 2003 and is survived by two children.
