The Uvalde Foundation for Kids, a national nonprofit formed after the 2022 elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, announced it will award Rose a posthumous commendation for heroism, according to a press release. The date for the award presentation has not been set.

Chambers says Rose grew up in Dorchester before moving to Georgia with his family when he was about 10 years old. He became a Marine at 19 and eventually a Dekalb County police officer. He lived fearless knowing that someone is going to have to be there to protect people,

The DeKalb County police officer killed while responding to an active shooter incident near the CDC on Friday is being remembered as a young father with a clear definition of public service. Driving the news: David Rose,