On December 23, 2024, Greensboro lost Police Officer Michael Horan to gunfire while he was answering a call meant to protect people from danger. He was 44 years old. The loss arrived just before Christmas, when families were meant to be together, and left a community facing the unbearable truth that a public servant had gone to help and would not return. Officer Horan had spent seven years with the Greensboro Police Department after serving as a United States Coast Guard veteran. Those facts tell part of his story: a life repeatedly shaped by service, discipline, and responsibility. They cannot measure the grief of losing…

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