HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A donation fund has been established for Officer Phillip Meacham, who was shot and killed by a man in Hopkinsville Thursday, March 29.

According to the Hopkinsville Police Department (HPD), donations may be made by:

1.) Going to any planters bank location and telling the teller that they wish to make a donation to Officer Phillip Meacham’s Memorial Fund

2.) Mailing a donation to:
Planters Bank
Officer Phillip Meacham Memorial Fund
PO Box 1570
Hopkinsville, KY 42241-1570

HPD says 100 percent of the funds will go directly to Officer Meacham’s family. He leaves behind a wife and a young child.

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On Friday afternoon, officers escorted Officer Meacham’s body from the Medical Examiner’s Office in Madisonville through the streets of downtown Hopkinsville to Lamb’s Funeral Home on Lafayette Road.

Hundreds of people lined the street in front of the Hopkinsville Police Department as the procession went by to honor the fallen officer.