Reedley High basketball tournament honors fallen Selma police officer Gonzalo Carrasco

REEDLEY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Reedley High School is honoring a fallen Selma constabulary serviceman who was killed past year.

24-year-old Gonzalo Carrasco Junior was changeable and killed connected January 31st of past twelvemonth portion trying to support neighbors successful Selma.

The tragic passing of the expectant begetter drew nationalist attention.

Carrasco played hoops during his clip astatine Reedley High School, and present his alma mater is hosting a hoops tourney successful representation of him.

The archetypal yearly Gonzalo Carrasco Junior hoops tourney kicked disconnected Wednesday astatine the school.

Reedley's caput hoops coach, Zeke Lyons, says wealth raised from the lawsuit volition spell backmost to the community.

"Some things are amended than basketball, and if we tin springiness backmost to the assemblage and beryllium capable to rise immoderate wealth to springiness to aboriginal generations of constabulary officers and things similar that portion playing basketball, that's a win-win," explained Lyons.

16 teams are competing successful the tournament, including Kerman, Fresno, Tulare Union, Fowler, and Avenal.

The tourney continues astatine 9 americium connected Saturday.

The last crippled volition beryllium Reedley against Parlier, during which a peculiar tribute volition instrumentality spot for Carrasco and his family.