Scholarship created to honor Concord police officer killed in line of duty

CONCORD, N.C. — A fallen officer in Concord is being remembered with a scholarship in his honor.

Officer Jason Shuping’s widow, Haylee, will offer a $25,000 scholarship in his memory.

The Officer Jason Shuping Memorial Public Safety Endowed Scholarship will honor Shuping’s legacy and benefit Rowan-Cabarrus Community College students enrolled in the school’s basic law enforcement training program.

Officer Shuping was just 25 years old when he died in a shoot-out outside of a Sonic Restaurant, near Bruton Smith Boulevard in 2020.

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