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Courtney Weatherburne has the full story:

Julie Arias, Mother
"From he is growing up he always says to me, mom I want to be a policeman so I said well son you have to work into it, it's not just saying you are going to be a police man you have to work to be a policeman."

Courtney Weatherburne reporting
And he did work at it. PC Nervin Locke realized his goal of becoming a police officer. He served for over 15 years and like his colleagues, he got his fair share of working at various check points and patrolling regularly.

But yesterday afternoon around 3:00, as he was coming off his shift, PC Locke was murdered right in front of the Raccoon Street police station. A civillian, Marcial Toledo came looking for PC Locke at the station while he was out on patrol. Toledo waited at the station until Locke returned. But it wasn't any friendly visit.

ACP Chester Williams, Commander, Easter Division South
"PC Locke who was out came in and him and the individual had a little talk inside the station then they eventually walked outside the station, upon reaching outside the individual took out a knife and attacked the police, stabbing him multiple times to the chest and abdomen region."

Neither Locke nor any of the officers were expecting or were prepared for his brazen attack. Everything seemed calm and cordial between Locke and Toledo until Toledo stabbed Locke several times. An officer had to strike Toledo with a cement block to stop him from stabbing Locke. While Toledo was detained and charged, it was too late for Locke. Locke's sister told us that he knew someone was out to kill him.

Sylvia Foreman, Sister
"About 12:00 yesterday afternoon I get to understand that he got a text message saying that they were coming to kill him."

But Locke didn't tell her anything about the threat nor about any trouble he was in with Toledo or anyone for that matter.

Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"This person that they have detained Marcial Toledo, are you all familiar with him? Do you all know him?"

Sylvia Foreman, Sister
"No. I don't even know who is him."

Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"Did Locke tell you anything about this man or did you ever maybe see both of them together?"

Sylvia Foreman, Sister
"My brother and I correspond every day, every morning, every afternoon."

Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"You dont know of any issue or anything he had with anybody else, maybe regarding a woman or somebody else? Anything at all?"

Sylvia Foreman, Sister
"He didn't talk to me anything about that."

The police can't say either what dispute fueled Locke's murder but they do know that this was a planned attack on Locke

ACP Chester Williams, Commander, Easter Division South
"I will only venture to say that it appeared to be a crime of passion and I'll end right there."

PC Locke is the first police officer to be murdered in front of a police station but this isn't the first attempt on a police officer's life. In March 2011 PC Nigel White was at the Belama Police Station when a man walked up to him and shot him to the chest. He survived. ACP Williams admits that strict measures need to be enforced at police stations.

ACP Chester Williams, Commander, Easter Division South
"I am looking at some of the models we saw in police department abroad where anyone who entered the police station, there is a metal detector and you have to empty your pocket and everything before you go in. That is a system we will be looking at to ensure that we have safety when anybody comes to the police station."

While police are working on boosting security at police stations, Locke's mother has to put her life together after the Pink's Alley fire torched all her belongings, but she will always have a missing piece , an empty space in her life where her son used to be.

Julie Arias, Mother
"That fire just burn, burn, it didn't hold anything. I have nothing. But as God provide I will get back my stuff."

Courtney Weatherburne, 7News
"Unfortunately, you can never get back your son. He is gone forever."

Julie Arias, Mother
"He is gone forever and all I want is to try and put him underneath the earth peacefully."

PC Locke leaves behind 11 kids, possible more. As we told you this is not the first time a police officer has been attacked at a police station. As the story noted, in 2011, a constable was shot inside a city substation, and in June 2016, a police officer was shot when he tried to stop a shooter who was lying in wait for a civilian coming out of the police station.