PIKEVILLE, Ky. –  Saturday morning, more than 150 people gathered at Pikeville High School to participate in the Officer Scotty Hamilton Memorial 11.1 K race.  While most runs in Pikeville are either a 5K or a 10K, organizers felt this run should reflect Scotty Hamilton’s unit number, which was 111.  The 7 mile race took runners around Pikeville, where Officer Hamilton patrolled, and by his final resting place where everyone was given a blue carnation to place as they passed by.  Nearly 50 people who didn’t want to commit to the 11.1 K run, chose to participate in the 1.11 mile walk.   Officer Hamilton was shot and killed in the line of duty March 13th. Proceeds from Saturday’s race will be put in a trust fund for his one year old daughter, Brynlee.

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