Missouri Governor ? Michael L. Parson

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 23, 2021

Governor Parson Orders Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Police Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO) ??Governor Mike Parson today ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at government buildings in Jackson County on Friday, September 24, 2021, in honor of Independence Police Department Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans.

Officer Madrid-Evans received his Missouri Peace Officer license and was commissioned by the Independence Police Department on July 8, 2021. While still undergoing field training on September 15, Officer Madrid-Evans was shot and killed in the line of duty as he performed a residence check for a parole violator.?

Officer Madrid-Evans was an organ donor, and during a transplant surgery performed on September 18, Springfield Police Department Officer Mark Priebe received Madrid-Evans? donated kidney. Officer Priebe was paralyzed in the line of duty in June 2020 in a deliberate, targeted attack on police.????

?At just age 22, and only two months after graduating from the police academy, Officer Blaize Madrid-Evans will be remembered as a selfless individual who was committed to helping others,? Governor Parson said. ?Even as we mourn Officer Madrid-Evans? senseless death, we are filled with hope because this brave officer?s organ donation will extend the life of Officer Mark Priebe.?Officer Madrid-Evans'?final, generous act?is a lasting contribution to the public good.?

The flags will be held at half-staff on the day Officer Madrid-Evan laid to rest. To view the proclamation, click here.?

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