The DeKalb County police officer killed while responding to an active shooter incident near the CDC on Friday is being remembered as a young father with a clear definition of public service. Driving the news: David Rose,

The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, a national nonprofit formed after the 2022 elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, announced it will award Rose a posthumous commendation for heroism, according to a press release. The date for the award presentation has not been set.

Donna Chambers is heartbroken over the loss of her nephew Officer David Rose. “It’s devastating to even learn that this has happened, I still can’t even wrap my mind around it, it’s just caused like havoc in our family because we don’t want to believe that this is happening to us,