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North Carolina Flags in Forsyth and Greene Counties are to fly at half-staff Thursday, August 4th in honor of Winston-Salem Police Officer Russell M. Willingham Jr. and Greene County Sheriff’s Deputy David Jennings Dawson III.

Officer Willingham Jr., 28, was killed on Saturday in a single-vehicle crash while responding to assist another officer. He had served two years with the Winston-Salem Police Department and previously with the Greensboro Police Department.

Deputy Dawson, 21, had served with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office just two months before he was killed on Monday in a single-vehicle crash while responding to assist another officer.

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