ARE OVER. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU. STEPH. WELL, TONIGHT A VOLLEYBALL FUNDRAISER HONORING FALLEN MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICER PETER IRVING. IRVING WAS KILLED WHILE TRYING TO ARREST AN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECT IN FEBRUARY OF 2023. NOW, IRVING’S LOVED ONES ARE RAISING MONEY FOR A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. 12 NEWS REPORTER EMILY POFAHL SHARES HOW THEY’RE HONORING HIS MEMORY. FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF PETER IRVING SAY THAT SATURDAY WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND FUNDRAISE FOR A GOOD CAUSE, BUT IT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND DO SOMETHING THAT OFFICER IRVING WOULD HAVE LOVED. WALKING ON TO THE VERY COURTS, IRVING PLAYED ON. IT’S STILL ROUGH, YOU KNOW. IT’S BEEN OVER A YEAR. IT’S STILL ROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, HE’S GONE MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER HE WAS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. FRIENDS AND FELLOW OFFICERS FROM MILWAUKEE POLICE DISTRICT FOUR SAY WHILE THE GRIEF DOESN’T GET ANY EASIER SNIPED UP, THE GAME BRINGS THEM CLOSER TO THEIR FALLEN FRIEND. AND EVERYBODY CAN, LIKE, KICK BACK FOR ONCE. AND AND, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER HIM HOW HE WAS. AND HE PLAYED VOLLEYBALL ALL THE TIME. I SUBBED IN FOR HIM ON A TEAM ONCE. HE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS. YEAH, HE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS. SEEING HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY PLAY IN A VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT FOR HIM, HE WOULD HAVE LOVED THIS. THEY’RE PLAYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR A TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. DURING NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IN MAY. THEIR IRVING’S FRIENDS AT DISTRICT FOUR AND HIS FAMILY AND OTHER MILWAUKEE POLICE OFFICERS WILL SEE IRVING’S NAME INSCRIBED IN THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL. EVERYONE THAT KNEW HIM SHOULD BE ABLE TO HONOR HIM, AND WE SHOULDN’T WORRY ABOUT FINANCIAL STUFF. IT HITS PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY RIGHT NOW IN DIFFERENT STAGES. SO AS D.C. GETS CLOSER, YOU KNOW, IT’S SORT OF CLOSURE. BUT I MEAN, HE’S ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY US EVERY DAY ON AND OFF THE COURT, OUT IN WIND LAKE. EMILY POFAHL, WISN 12 NEWS. OFFICERS AT THE FUNDRAISER SAY THEY STILL HAVE NOT HIT THEIR FUNDRAISING GOAL, SO THEY MAY BE SCHEDULING ANOTHER EVENT NEXT MONTH AHEAD OF NATIONAL POLICE