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Gainesville cop shaves head for boy battling leukemia
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Former Atlanta Falcon Jerious Norwood, left, goes in for a fist bump with Riley Johnson, 6, at his Gainesville home Friday morning. Riley, who was diagnosed with B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, will be an honorary team captain at Sunday’s game between the Falcons and the New Orleans Saints.
Lt. Andy Smith tied his own aqua-blue bib and sat down for a haircut. His barber for the day was 6-year-old Riley Johnson, a Gainesville boy battling B-Cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who was giving him a shave similar to his own. “We’re twins now, and he’s not in it alone,” Smith said.