PARENTS OF BEN EVANS RELEASE STATEMENT

PARENTS OF BEN EVANS RELEASE STATEMENT

AFTER SHERIFF’S DEPUTY’S INDICTMENT

Rochester, MN, July 23, 2019 –Bill Evans and Kim Porter, the parents of Ben Evans, the young man shot and killed in April 2018 by the Lake Elmo Sheriff Deputy who was indicted on second-degree manslaughter charges Friday, released the following statement:

“Ben Evans, came from a military family and dreamed of a life of service. His father was a firefighter so Ben followed in his footsteps and finished his Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class before his eighteenth birthday. After enlisting in the Air Force, a knee injury prevented him from serving his country so he came to Minnesota to serve the community as an EMT Firefighter. He cherished the uniform and all the public servants who wore it; his job was to save lives. It is incomprehensible that his life should be taken when he needed a public servant to save him. We are grateful for the Ramsey County Prosecutor for their efforts in concluding this investigation. We have waited patiently to understand what happened to Ben, praying for truth and justice. In the meantime, we have been keeping Ben’s memory alive for his three-year old daughter. He was an extraordinary young man who loved life, his family, his fellow man and his country.”