'I don't think there is any better place for Landon to be than with the people who loved his dad, and will look out for him.'
Nearly 20 years ago, a sheriff’s deputy was killed in the line of duty in Marion County, Ohio. This week, that deputy’s son joined the same force his father served in as its newest member. At the swearing-in ceremony Monday, no one was as speechless as Sarah Winfield .“You look so much like your father right now, spitting image,” she told her son, Landon. Landon’s father, Brandy Winfield , was shot and killed in the line of duty 20 years ago.
reports he stopped to help a man whose car was broken down before being gunned down by that man in his police cruiser. At the time, Landon was just three years old. He remembers the response from law enforcement from across the state, many coming to his dad’s funeral. Ever since, he says he’s dreamed of wearing the same uniform as his father. 'I kind of took that as my calling,” Landon told
. “I want to carry my family's name which I'm doing right now and it's one of the proudest moments of my life. I think he would be pretty damn proud me of choosing Marion County to start out.'After becoming a widow and single mom to two boys at just 27, Sarah said she tried to convince her son to be a firefighter, but Landon could not be swayed. 'He doesn't want to do anything else,” she told the outlet.
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