Hall County Sheriff’s Deputies escorted the 9-year-old son of an officer killed in the line of duty to his first day of school on Wednesday.
Deputy Nicolas Blane Dixon, 28, died on July 8 after being shot by a suspect during a foot chase on Highland Avenue in Gainesville.
Deputies joined Dixon’s oldest son Caden and his mother Stephanie as Caden started the fourth-grade. The Hall County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Facebook that it wanted to give extra support and encouragement to them on Caden’s first day of class.
“The Sheriff’s Office and Hall County community are proud of them both,” the post says.
Deputy Dixon was a three-year veteran of the Hall County Sheriff’s Office. He also left behind an infant son.
A special presentation will be made in Officer Dixon’s memory this Saturday, August 10, during the Battle of the Heroes at Raider Stadium in Mt. Airy.
