Family of BRPD officer who died in 2016 given mortgage-free home by Tunnel to Towers Foundation

Family of fallen Baton Rouge Police officer receives home as part of 9/11 observance

The family of Matthew Gerald, who was shot during a police ambush on July 17, 2016, was one of 55 to receive a house from the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which was founded after the attacks on the World Trade Center.

Family of BRPD officer who died in 2016 given mortgage-free home by Tunnel to Towers Foundation

PRAIRIEVILLE — The family of a Baton Rouge Police officer who died in the line of duty has been given a mortgage-free home by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.The Prairieville home is part of Tunnel to Towers’ nationwide observance of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, honoring 55 families of fallen first responders with mortgage-free homes across the country.BRPD officer Matthew Gerald's wife and daughters are among the program…