Oxford Police mourn loss of honorary police officer, young AJ Congdon Boston 25 News [Video]

OXFORD, Mass. — The Oxford Police Department is mourning the loss of its honorary police officer, young AJ Congdon, who has died after being diagnosed with a brain tumor last year.

AJ, who was battling an aggressive form of childhood cancer, died Sunday night, police said in a Facebook post on Monday.

In October, Boston 25 spoke with the 8-year-old boy and his family, when AJ, of the Charlton Dudley Rams football team, scored a touchdown with the help of his teammates and coaches, who pushed his wheelchair across the goal line.

“Please be at peace, watch over your brothers and sisters in blue, and just know, your were the bravest young man we have ever had the honor of knowing,” police said Monday.

AJ was fine when football season started in late August, but his coordination declined rapidly, his family earlier said.

In late September, he was rushed to a hospital emergency room. A day later, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, …