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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at |
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the loss of Officer Robert Layden Hornsby of the Killeen Police |
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Department, who was killed in the line of duty on July 14, 2013, at |
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the age of 32; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Lexington, Kentucky, on January 17, 1981, |
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Bobby Hornsby grew up in Plainview and Temple, where his family was |
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involved in the restaurant business; he graduated from Temple High |
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School, and he went on to attend Temple College; a caring husband |
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and father, he shared a rewarding marriage with his wife, Kimberly, |
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and they were the parents of two children, Braxx and Layden; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hornsby joined the Killeen Police Department in |
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January 2009 as a patrol officer on the B Squad of the early morning |
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watch; he was assigned to the department's SWAT unit in January |
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2013, and he earned his intermediate peace officer certification |
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five months later; and |
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WHEREAS, Police officers put themselves in harm's way every |
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day to serve and protect their fellow citizens, and the tragic death |
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of this brave officer is a sobering reminder of the dangers they |
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face; Robert Hornsby embodied the highest ideals of the law |
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enforcement profession, and he will long be fondly remembered and |
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deeply missed by all those who were privileged to know him; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That tribute be paid to the life of Officer Robert |
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Layden Hornsby and that sincere condolences be extended to the |
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members of his family: to his wife, Kimberly Hornsby; to his son, |
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Braxx Anderson Hornsby; to his daughter, Layden Morgan Hornsby; and |
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to his other relatives and friends. |
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Jimmie Don Aycock |
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State Representative |
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District 54 |