Fran Aller still vividly remembers his dimples. She was among those who’d see Brian Shaw come into the Sheetz in New Kensington during his brief time as a police officer in the city, before he was shot and killed during a traffic stop in November 2017. “He was always smiling,” Aller said.
“I could always see his cute little dimples.” Aller was among volunteers who helped stage the seventh annual Officer Brian Shaw Memorial Scholarship Ride, which saw about 640 motorcycles make their way through nearly two dozen Alle-Kiski Valley communities on a 74-mile route Saturday, beginning and ending at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center in Harmar. The ride — which raises about $40,000 each year — funds two $6,000 scholarships that are awarded each year to cadets from the Allegheny County Police Academy.
“We believe it’s the largest charity motorcycle ride in Western Pennsylvania,” said Eric Felack, communications director for the ride. “We’re putting two police officers on the street every year in honor of Brian.” In addition to Shaw, Felack said they’d be honoring ride supporters Dave “Mogie” Magill and Terry Kuhns, who both died since last year’s ride.
Magill was shot and killed outside his business, Mogie’s Irish Pub, in Lower Burrell in December. Kuhns, the police chief in Frazer, died in April. Stacey Slagle, of Delmont, also works at Sheetz and remembers seeing Shaw at the New Kensington store.
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