A 37-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing a San Marcos police officer in December 2017.

SAN MARCOS – City officials in San Marcos announced they are renaming a park to honor a police officer killed in the line of duty. El Camino Real Park, located at 401 Cottonwood Parkway, will be renamed Kenneth M. Copeland Memorial Park. El Camino Real Park will be dedicated and renamed the Kenneth M. Copeland Memorial Park during a virtual ceremony on... Posted by San Marcos Police Department on Tuesday, December 1, 2020Copeland was killed while serving a warrant in a San Marcos subdivision on Dec. 4, 2017. Copeland was the first San Marcos police officer to be killed in the line of duty in the department’s history. The public is invited to watch the ceremony live on The City of San Marcos TX - City Hall Facebook page where the event will be live-streamed.