TAVARES, Fla. — Seminole County native and founder of “Running 4 Heroes,” Zechariah Cartledge, made his 1,801st run Wednesday to honor Master Deputy Bradley Link.
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The run took place at Tavares Middle School on Wednesday.
Agencies from Seminole and Lake Counties surrounded the track, flashing their lights from patrol vehicles in support of the teen.
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Master Deputy Bradley Link was tragically killed on Aug. 2 in a violent ambush attack at a home in Eustis. He and two other deputies responded to a disturbance call in Eustis.
Deputy Link was one of several who entered the home before being ambushed by suspects Julie Sulpizio, her husband, Michael Sulpizio, and two adult daughters.
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