Lake Minneola High School football team to honor Master Deputy Bradley Link

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. — During Friday night’s football game against Land o’Lakes, the Lake Minneola High School football team and community will honor Lake County Sheriff’s Master Deputy Bradley Michael Link.

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According to the Lake Minneola High School website, the Hawks will hold a moment of silence and give a special presentation.

Master Deputy Link graduated from Lake Minneola High in 2015.

On August 2, Master Deputy Link was killed in the line of duty when responding to a disturbance call in unincorporated Eustis when three suspects ambushed him while he entered a home on Brookside Drive.

Lake County Deputy Stefano Gargano and Deputy Harold Howell were both injured in the violent attack.

Link, 28, first joined the county sheriff’s office as a young Explorer and served in the Army reserves before being hired as a deputy sheriff in Polk County in 2017.

He joined the Lake County Sheriff’s office as a deputy in October 2019.

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Photos: Memorial service for Lake County Master Deputy Bradley Link

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