| WHAT: |
Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA), along with USPS representatives, Pine Lake officials and the community, will gather to officially dedicate the city’s Post Office in honor of the late Francis Manuel Ortega. |
| WHEN: |
Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016, 1 p.m. |
| WHERE: |
Pine Lake Post Office, 4567 Rockbridge Rd. SW, Pine Lake, GA. |
| WHY: |
On Aug. 11, 2005, Officer Ortega was shot and killed in front of the Pine Lake Post Office while conducting a routine traffic stop. Cedric O’Neal Gordon of Wisconsin was wanted for violating his supervised release from prison. He shot and killed Ortega before taking his own life. Officer Ortega, then 25, was a part-time officer of the Pine Lake Police Department and a full-time officer at Georgia Regional Hospital. He was survived by his parents, Francisco and Luz, his sister Joann and his children, Frankey and Kaylie. |
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