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Motorcycle ride pays tribute to slain sheriff's sergeant

Staff photo by INDIRA LeVINE

The motorcycle ride started at the Sundome and ended at the Brandon intersection where Sgt. Ron Harrison was killed.

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Published: October 31, 2009

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TAMPA - About 200 people showed up today for a motorcycle ride to honor a Hillsborough County Sheriff's sergeant killed while on duty two years ago.

Sgt. Ron Harrison, 55, died after being shot while en route to a DUI checkpoint near State Road 60 and Kings Avenue in Brandon.

The Ride for Ron Memorial, which also was a fundraiser for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, went from the University of South Florida Sun Dome to O'Brien's Irish Pub and Restaurant, 701 Lumsden Road, Brandon -- at the southwest corner of the intersection where Harrison was shot.

Among the bikers was Harrison's sister, Artesa Bohannon.

"This is just overwhelming," she said. "The outpouring here is unbelievable."

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