Officer Matt Cooper is a 34 year-old Covington police officer for Newton County; though, after a shop-lifting incident his life may never be the same. Earlier this month, shop-lifters were seen in action stealing bandannas at a local Walmart. Cooper responded to the scene and was shot.
As much as the news shocked Covington, many residents have showed lots of effort to help him and his family. The most recent thing people have done was joining together at the annual Covington Fuzz Run, a run in Newton County, where locals fundraised money for him.
In addition to all of this, Zaxby’s has put in effort in sharing the Saturday proceeds to Matt’s family. Many people have done simple things as buying CooperStrong T-shirts, doing coin drives in home-town schools, and putting ribbons on mailboxes. The recent Eastside High School football game showed effort by having a short ceremony before the game. The event was covered by Channel 2 Action News on television.
The city will continue to show support as they get more news of Matt Cooper’s recovery.
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