Schwartz will be one of the speakers during Tuesday’s ceremony, along with other family members, Sen. “Through their support, and then through my peer support, giving back to what I received through them, it has given me purpose,” Schwartz said. Jason, Jr., has attended camp for kids through the organization for many years, which also gave him a support network while growing up without his father. “Since then, I have volunteered with that same organization as a peer support and help with the management of the board.”Ĭoncerns of Police Survivors helps surviving family members and co-workers the tragic loss of an officer. “As I was working on my stability, they were my rock,” she said. Nine months after the shooting, Schwartz went to the national memorial in Washington D.C., where she met other survivors and fortunately, made a connection. “We didn’t create some figurehead that he couldn’t relate to, either, so that he sees him as human and real and someone he can relate to.” “It was always just trying to get him to remember that he didn’t choose to leave, that he would have been there for him as a dad,” she said. Schwartz and her family and close friends have been committed these last 20 years to telling Jason, Jr., about his father. He works in the transportation field in Littleton. Life After Death: Survivors of incident move forward, never forgetting fateful night
Now she lives in Fort Collins and works with chronically mentally ill individuals to help them to overcome some of their barriers. Schwartz worked at Southern Peaks Regional Treatment Center as a case manager and therapist for many years before moving to Denver, where she continued to work with at-risk youth. She also wanted to work with people in the criminal justice system to try to make sure their needs were met so they wouldn’t feel the need to resort to the same type of behavior that led the Stovalls on their crime spree. She eventually was inspired to go back to school and earn a master’s degree in counseling so that she could work with high-risk needs youth. “Over time, other survivors from that day have reached out, and we have built this support system for each other.” “I was extremely overwhelmed in the beginning.
Schwartz remembers suddenly and tragically becoming a single parent, literally overnight. The Schwartz’ son, Jason, Jr., was only 5 weeks old at the time of the murder. The Office of Sheriff that night, lost a deputy, a coworker, a friend, and a brother. “While our nation continued to reel from the terrorist attacks on 9/11, Fremont County faced its own night of terror, and as a result, our rural community was forever changed. Irvine released a statement earlier this week regarding Tuesday’s event. “She has always been there to help me and support me for her, the loss also was very personal.” “Over the years we have been there for each other through thick and thin,” Schwartz said. “When Derek Irvine became the undersheriff, he said one of the things he wanted to do was to right that wrong and come together and have this bridge dedicated in honor of Jason the way it should have been done 20 years ago,” she said. His widow, Sheryl Schwartz, has been trying to have the bridge named in her late husband’s honor since his death, but she felt like the project was unsupported. As Schwartz transported the brothers to jail, he was shot in the back of the head and his patrol car skidded into the ditch under the Colo. 50 and Colo.115 bridge in his honor.įlorence twins Joel and Michael Stovall, who were 24 at the time, gunned down Schwartz and led local law enforcement officers on a 60-mile high-speed chase and shootout on Sept. On that day, there will be an unveiling of a sign naming and dedicating the U.S. Tuesday will mark the 20-year anniversary of the on-duty death of Fremont County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Schwartz.
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A bridge soon will be named after a young deputy who tragically was shot and killed in the line of duty to honor his sacrifice, but to his widow, it represents coming full circle.
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