July 3, 2010

WFMY News 2/WRAL

Raleigh, NC -- The Raleigh Police Department saluted a fellow officer as they remembered 8-year-old, William Bunn on Saturday. Bunn died of a a cancer called Neuroblastoma on Thursday.

The Raleigh Police Department made him the city's first honorary officer on June 11.

Bunn was buried with full police honors. Officers say the boy wanted to be a police officer and thought the job description was pretty cool.

Officer Graham Witherspoon met Bunn last April. That's when the pair became friends. Bunn held onto his police badge for the last three weeks of his life.

He was even buried in the police uniform.

Whiterspoon said, "He set the standard for what a hero is."

Bunn completed first grade at Douglas Elementary School. He liked to hunt, fish, swim, and play basketball.

He is survived by his parents, Mark and Amy, and younger sister, Alyssa.