Detective Jorge DelRio, 55, served on the Dayton police force for nearly 30 years and spent most of his career as a task force officer for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. He was shot Nov. 4, 2019, while serving a search warrant on Ruskin Road as part of a DEA task force. He died of his injuries three days later, on Nov. 7, 2019. Dayton police said that DelRio served the public even in death as an organ donor and was the 25th Dayton officer to be killed in the line of duty.
After the ride there will be a short ceremony at the cemetery near the American flagpole on Hawaii Place, the release stated.
The event is open to the community.
Carry the Load is a nonprofit organization dedicated to “honoring and celebrating the sacrifices made by our military, veterans, first responders and their families.”
The Midwest relay began May 7 in Minneapolis and ends May 29 in Dallas. It will cover a distance of 3,800 miles.
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