A portion of U.S. Highway 27 in eastern Washington will be named in honor of the boy who helped to stymie the shooter at Freeman High School.
Sam Strahan
15-year-old Sam Strahan was shot and killed September 13th as he approached the shooter at the school south of Spokane. Three others were injured.
Some 7,500 people signed a petition to name a portion of Highway 27 after Strahan. The Washington State Transportation Commission voted unanimously to name a stretch of the highway from mile marker 68.9 to mile marker 82 as the Sam Strahan Memorial Highway.
A time frame for the project wasn’t announced, but Strahan’s family hopes it begins before the new year. (Spokesman-Review)
