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Bikers to ride in Pawlowski's memory

Hundreds of motorcycle club members -- many of whom are cops -- are going to rev their engines tonight to raise money for slain Officer John Pawlowski.

Hundreds of motorcycle club members -- many of whom are cops -- are going to rev their engines tonight to raise money for slain Officer John Pawlowski. Officer Michael Duffy, a member of the Bullets Motorcycle Club, said about 300 riders will meet at a Kmart parking lot at Aramingo and Westmoreland Avenues at about 6 p.m. and sell Pawlowski memorial t-shirts.

From there, they will visit Broad and Olney streets, where Pawlowski was fatally shot Feb. 13. They will roll by the 35th District's headquarters at Broad and Champlost and then pause at Broad and 66th Avenue, where Officer Chuck Cassidy was gunned down on Oct. 31, 2007. Pawlowski and Cassidy both worked in the 35th District. The ride will end at a VFW post near Torresdale Avenue and Rhawn Street, said Duffy, who works in the 3rd District.

Duffy said the Bullets and several other motorcycle groups did a similar ride in September when Highway Patrol Sgt. Patrick McDonald was killed. Several of Pawlowski's close friends will be participating in tonight's tribute. "It's just a way of showing the community that we're all thinking of John," Duffy said.