On March 22, 2021, Boulder Police Officer Eric H. Talley responded to an active shooter at the King Soopers grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. Within seconds of arriving, the 51-year-old father of seven ran toward the danger.

He would not make it back out.

But Eric Talley’s story didn’t begin that afternoon.

In this Fallen Hero episode of 8158 Podcast: Stories of Sacrifice, Rico goes beyond Eric’s End of Watch to remember the man behind the badge—a husband and father, big brother, computer scientist turned police officer, Star Wars fan, golfer, department “tech guru,” drone team member, and even the officer who once crawled into a drainage area to rescue a mother duck and her eleven ducklings. Pasted text Pasted text

At age 40, Eric left a successful career in technology to pursue a calling to law enforcement. Eleven years later, when the moment came that every officer hopes never comes, Eric made the choice he had once told his mother he would make: he went inside. Pasted text Pasted text

This episode honors Eric’s entire life—not simply the way it ended—and remembers the nine civilians whose lives were also taken that day. Pasted text

💙 Officer Eric H. Talley
Boulder Police Department, Colorado
11 Years of Service
EOW: March 22, 2021
Age: 51

His shift ended that day. The light he left behind did not. Pasted text

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