![Juneau Police Chief Bryce Johnson helps police Sgt. Krag Campbell unload a wreath Wednesday, May 10, 2017, at Evergreen Cemetery, Juneau, during a memorial ceremony at the grave site of Traffic Officer Richard Adair, who was shot and killed in 1979. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)](http://www.trippjcrouse.com/uploads/1/8/9/3/18935199/051017-tjc-police-memorial-11_orig.jpg)
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ON WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2017, the Juneau Police Department held a wreath-laying memorial ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery to honor two officers shot and killed in 1979.
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OFFICER RICHARD ADAIR and Officer Jimmy Kennedy were killed in the line of duty on April 17, 1979, when they were responding to a report of shots fired when they were shot and killed.
OFFICERS PLACED a large wreath at the grave site of Adair.
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About MeTripp J Crouse (Ojibwe, descendent of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) has worked in print journalism and broadcasting for 15-plus years, and currently represents Alaska and serves as 2019 chair of the Station Advisory Committee for Native Public Media, a national organization that offers support services to Tribal and Native public radio stations. Tripp is also a member of the Native American Journalists Association and Alaska Press Club. Prior to working at 90.3 KNBA in Anchorage, Tripp worked at KTOO in Juneau and the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa. Archives
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