The City Council in Walnut, Thursday evening, will consider and possibly act on a Resolution “Designating the bridge over Interstate 80 on Antique City Drive and Pottawattamie County Road M-47, as the ‘Officer Kerrie Orozco Memorial Bridge,” and the placement of appropriate signage denoting the designation. On Tuesday, the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors gave its blessing to north-south road bridge designation. The Iowa DOT will have to approve signs for the east and westbound sides of the Interstate before they can be placed near the exit.

Orozco, a native of Walnut and 2004 graduate of the Walnut High School, was 29-years old when she lost her life on May 20^th, 2015, while serving as an Officer for the Omaha Police Department. She was the first female officer of the department to die in the line of duty.

Orozco was fatally wounded when a convicted felon, Marcus Wheeler opened fire on officers who were trying to arrest him. Wheeler was killed when another officer returned fire. Orozco was one day away from going on maternity leave to care for the daughter she had delivered prematurely three months earlier.