(Independence, IA) -- A statue standing in eastern Iowa honors a fallen Iowa State Patrol trooper.
Sergeant Jim Smith was shot and killed in April 2021 after a Grundy Center standoff. Smith lived in Independence and his kids went to Independence High School. The school dedicated a mustang statue this week near the school's football stadium to remember the fallen trooper.
The man who killed Smith was sentenced to serve a life prison without parole.