11/29/12 - The Livingston County family of a fallen West Bloomfield Township police officer will benefit from a charity hockey game set for next month. The game between the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association and local law enforcement officers will be played December 21st at Compuware Arena in Plymouth Township, with all proceeds benefitting the family of Officer Patrick O'Rourke, who lived in Tyrone Township with his wife and four children. O'Rourke was killed September 9th when a suicidal subject opened fire on officers who had responded to his home in West Bloomfield Township. He later killed himself after a 20-hour standoff. Joe Kocur, Chris Osgood, Kirk Maltby and Darren McCarty are among the nearly one dozen former Red Wing players who will play in the game which is sponsored by the Joe Kocur Foundation for Children, the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association and the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command Class 335. Tickets are $20 and are available at the West Bloomfield, White Lake, Milford, Sterling Heights, Grosse Pointe, Southfield, and Plymouth police departments and through the link below. (JK)
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