The Annual 5K Run/Walk To Benefit Slain Plymouth Township Officer Returns November 6

PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, PA — An annual 5K event held in honor of a local police officer killed in the line of duty nine years ago will soon return.

The Fox's Trot Annual 5K Run/Walk will be held on Nov. 6 beginning at 10 a.m. outside of the Plymouth Township Police Department headquarters at 700 Belvoir Road.

The yearly event, which benefits the Brad Fox Memorial 5K Foundation, is held in honor of Brad Fox, a K9 officer in Plymouth Township who was gunned down in September 2012 after chasing a suspect.

Fox was the first-ever Plymouth Township officer to die in the line of duty.

Fox's death ultimately spurred legislation in Pennsylvania upping the mandatory minimum sentences for straw purchases of firearms, which is when someone who is legally able to buy a gun does so for someone who cannot legally possess one.

The man who killed Fox, Andrew Thomas, was not legally able to possess a firearm at the time he ambushed Fox. Thomas took his own life after fatally shooting Fox.

The upcoming 5K race was founded back in 2012 as a way to honor Fox, who was a five-year veteran of the police force, a U.S. Marine who had served two tours in Iraq, and a husband and father to wife Lynsay and daughter Kadence.

Fox never had a chance to meet his son, Brad Jr., with whom his wife was pregnant at the time of Fox's untimely death, which came the day before his 35th birthday.

According to the Brad Fox Memorial 5K Foundation, any proceeds from the race is distributed to police, military members, families and charities in need.

Those interested in participating can visit here to register.