Illinois
Fallen Trooper Nick Hopkins to be honored with highway dedication
Nicholas Hopkins was eliminated in the line of task in 2019.
COLUMBIA, Illinois — An unique honor will certainly occur Thursday early morning for an Illinois State Authorities cannon fodder that passed away in the line of task.
Cannon Fodder Nick Hopkins was eliminated in the line of task in 2019. A stretch of freeway is being called after him.
Hopkins was fired to fatality while offering a warrant at a home in East St. Louis. Illinois State Authorities will certainly commit a seven-mile stretch of Illinois Path 3 in between Kaskaskia Roadway as well as GG Roadway.
It will certainly be called Cannon fodder Nicholas J. Hopkins Memorial Freeway.
The ideal lane as well as shoulder of Path 3 will certainly be shut for the introduction. There will certainly be an exclusive solution at Life Neighborhood Church in Columbia, complied with by a procession, around midday.
Video clip of the event will certainly be uploaded on the Illinois State Authorities Facebook web page.
The media is not welcomed to the church event, however 5 In your corner will certainly offer insurance coverage of the procession as well as the introduction of the freeway indication.
Christopher R. Give, 47, was punished in government court in November for Hopkins’ fatality.
Give resided in the East St. Louis house where Cannon fodder Nick Hopkins as well as various other policemans were offering a search warrant for medicine offenses one early morning back in August 2019. Hopkins was aiding establish hooks as well as chains to the steel bars shielding Give’s house in an initiative to by force eliminate them from the front door, district attorneys claimed. As he reversed to leave, he was fired, authorities claimed.
Give later on informed authorities that he was resting within on a sofa as well as awakened assuming he was being burglarized. He after that discharged 3 shots towards the front door, eliminating Hopkins.
Hopkins was 33 years of ages. He was a 10-year professional with ISP as well as was wed with 3 kids. He had 3 siblings as well as 2 siblings, as well as among his siblings offered in one more authorities division in Illinois.
