Albert Lea welcomes home Officer Matson
Published 2:56 pm Saturday, October 24, 2020
The Albert Lea Fire Department used its ladder truck Saturday to wave the American flag over Edgewater Drive in the parade for Arik Matson. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
Albert Lea Police Department officers led the parade Saturday afternoon to welcome home Waseca Officer Arik Matson who was injured while in the line of duty in January. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
Residents wave to first responders and others in a parade Saturday at Edgewater Park for Waseca Officer Arik Matson. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
Residents carry signs welcoming home Waseca Officer Arik Matson and showing support for law enforcement Saturday during a drive-thru celebration in his honor. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
Residents wave to Waseca Officer Arik Matson and his family in a Waseca Police Department squad car during a welcome home drive-thru celebration at Edgewater Park on Saturday. Matson has gone through months of rehabilitation after being shot in the head in January and returned home to Freeborn on Monday. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
Waseca Officer Arik Matson looks on during the parade as one of his daughters waves in the backseat. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
Youth with Albert Lea Tigers basketball show their support for Officer Arik Matson from the back of a pickup Saturday at Edgewater Park. Sarah Stultz/Albert Lea Tribune
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Albert Leans welcomed home Waseca Officer Arik Matson in a drive-thru celebration Saturday afternoon along Edgewater Drive in Edgewater Park. People were lined up throughout the park to wave and show their support as police officers and other first responders led Matson through the park.
