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NYS Trooper Davis started tree house for daughter; officers finish it for slain officer
Updated on July 24, 2017 at 1:37 PM Posted on July 22, 2017 at 12:10 PM
By Samantha House shouse@syracuse.com
http://www.newyorkupstate.com/northern-ny/2017/07/officers_finish_treehouse_slain_nys_trooper_joel_davis_started_for_his_daughter.html
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Trooper Joel Davis' daughter, Jaila, stands on the deck of her new treehouse -- a structure started by her father before he was killed. New York State troopers, Jefferson County sheriff's deputies and Watertown police teamed up to finish the treehouse. (Trooper Jack Keller)
EVANS MILLS, N.Y. -- New York State Trooper Joel Davis (http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2017/07/slain_trooper_joel_davis_remembered_as_devoted_family_man_baseball_lover.html) wanted to build a tree house for his daughter.
The father of three started working on the playhouse for Jaila, his youngest child. But he never got a chance to finish the fort.
Davis was shot and killed in the line of duty on July 9 while responding to a domestic violence call (http://www.newyorkupstate.com/northern-ny/2017/07/state_police_discuss_timeline_of_shooting_of_trooper_joel_davis_2_women.html) in Jefferson County. He died days before his daughter's 13th birthday.
This week, 35 officers ensured Davis' daughter will get to play in tree house her father started.
Active and retired state troopers, Jefferson County sheriff's deputies and Watertown police spent a day completing the tree house . . .
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New York State Trooper Joel Davis started to build a treehouse for his daughter Jaila. After he was killed in the line of duty, 35 of his friends -- state troopers, Jefferson County sheriff's deputies and Watertown police -- teamed up to finish the treehouse. (Trooper Jack Keller)
Excerpt. Read more at http://www.newyorkupstate.com/northern-ny/2017/07/officers_finish_treehouse_slain_nys_trooper_joel_davis_started_for_his_daughter.html