Overview
- Commissioners voted 6-0 on Thursday to rename Heathwood Park Baseball Field on Parallel Parkway as Elijah Ming Memorial Field.
- Mayor/CEO Tyrone Garner described the decision as an automatic yes with no discussion or debate.
- The new name will take effect after updated signage is installed, with a ribbon-cutting and dedication planned for mid-December.
- Deputy Elijah Ming, who was shot and killed in July while responding to a domestic violence call, grew up playing at the park.
- A Fraternal Order of Police fund continues to support his family, and his patrol car is displayed beside the fallen-officer memorial where his name will become the tenth.