Officer Eric Talley was 51 and the father of seven children.
Talley, 51, had been a member of the force since 2010, according to Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold.
“Didn’t surprise me he was the first one there,” Talley’s father, Homer Talley, told CNN affiliate KUSA.
He is survived by his wife and seven children, the oldest of whom is 20, according to his father.
“He loved his family more than anything,” Homer Talley said.
He described his son as a prankster with a “great sense of humor.”
In 2013, Talley was among a small group of Boulder officers who made headlines after a duckling rescue from a drainage ditch.
The officer had “waded into the calf-deep water to try to round up the ducks” and save them, the Daily Camera newspaper in Boulder had reported. (CNN)
People like Officer Eric Talley STAND ON THE WALL between GOOD and EVIL, between a CIVIL SOCIETY and CHAOS every day!
He put himself in HARMS WAY to protect YOU and ME!
Freedom is not free! Pray for his family!
If not today, when?
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