Childhood friends remember officer killed Friday in attack on US Capitol
Officer William Evans grew up in Berkshire County
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Updated: 5:59 PM EDT Apr 3, 2021
Officer William Evans grew up in Berkshire County
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Updated: 5:59 PM EDT Apr 3, 2021
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ADAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL EVANS ATTENDED. TED: BILLY EVANS WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN NORTH ADAMS. EARLIER TODAY, HIS FRIENDS TOLD ME HE LOVED BASEBALL, MUSIC, AND BEING A POLICE OFFICER. >> BILLY DIED A HERO’S DEATH. IT IS NOT SOMETHING HE WAS LOOKING FOR, AND WE WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE HIM HERE WITH US. TED: JASON LAFOREST AND OTHER FRIENDS OF BILLY EVANS GATHERED ON THE NORTH ADAMS LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD THEY PLAYED ON AS KIDS. EVANS, THE FATHER OF TWO SMALL KIDS, DIED WHILE ON DUTY FRIDAY AFTER WITNESSES SAY A VEHICLE INTENTIONALLY RAMMED HE AND ANOTHER OFFICER ON A CAPITOL HILL. THE DRIVER WAS LATER SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE >> HE LOVED BEING A CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER. THAT HAD BEEN HIS DREAM. AN THAT WAS WHERE HE WANTED TO RETIRE FROM THERE. TED: BRENDAN BULLETT HAD BEEN IN RECENT CONTACT WITH EVANS ABOUT THEIR CHILDHOOD LOVE OF BASEBALL CARD COLLECTIONS, AND WAS PASSING ON THE HOBBY TO THEIR KIDS. >> WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS FIELD TOGETHER. HE LOVED BASEBALL. TYED: THE 41-YEAR-OLD GRADUATED FROM DHS IN NORTH ADAMS IN THE LATE 1990S, AND TOLD FRIENDS HE KNEW HE WANTED TO BE A CAPITOL HILL POLICE OFFICER. FAMILY FRIEND AND FORMER MAYOR JOHN BARRETT PRESENTED HIM WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AT DRURY . IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT HE HAS TO BE KNOWN BECAUSE OF THE INCIDENT THAT TOOK HIS LIFE. BUT I CAN SAY THIS MUCH ABOUT HIM, THAT HE DIED PROTECTING HIS COUNTRY. THAD: SPOKE TO EVANS’ MOTHER EARLIER TODAY. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN WASHINGTON WORKING WITH CAPITOL HILL POLICE FOR FI