Champion boxer Vergil Ortiz gave a special gift to the Grand Prairie Police Department Thursday in honor of fallen officer A.J. Castaneda.
Ortiz donated a pair of signed boxing gloves at the Grand Prairie Police Station at about 2 p.m.
Ortiz is from Grand Prairie and is a seven-time national champion.
Officer Castaneda died June 7 after a 17-year-old driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into him as he worked outside of his vehicle along the President George Bush Turnpike.
Castaneda was a 5-year veteran of the Grand Prairie Police Department and was assigned to the Patrol Division.
