More Updates:

Political Notebook: Grijalva for Interior Secretary?Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011Sundt Construction plans new Tucson office on NW sideTucson weekend: Tequila, the 'Man Show' guy and a worthy benefitMerry Fitzmas! It's the Obama Claus ornamentFamily outraged, distraught over teen’s Internet suicideOhio police think they've nabbed 'Granny Robber'Tucson police radar van locations this weekendTucson gas-price tracker: StarNet helps you save at the pumpBritish may ban 'happy hour' as drink deaths riseIs Alaska big enough for celebrity Palin?Ga. Army wife accused in arson that killed her 2 kidsJimmy Connors arrested in Santa Barbara

Related articles:

Comedian David Spade gives $25k to slain officer's family

Other articles by Terry Tang:

Would-be Super Bowl mass killer is convicted, could get five years Filmmaker finds post-9/11 faith in unlikely place Mesa's Brooke White wins acclaim of fans and Cowell Scottsdale ready for Super Bowl parties Rap artist Lil Wayne arrested on felony drug charges Mother of baby found dead in car is arrested (updated) Terror drill tests Phoenix-area readiness Comedian David Spade gives $25K to slain officer's family Pot found at DMX home; dogs not used in fights Woman who rode taxi from N.Y.C. to Ariz. dies

Health Care
Freedom Manor
Caregivers Health Care
Carondelet Foothills Surgery
Pre-Op Nurse Technical
Yavapai College
Analyst Banner Programmer Dental
Apache Dental
Porcelain Techs General
Prestige Maintenance USA
Area Manager Health Care
SOUTHERN ARIZONA ENDODONTICS I
NSURANCE PROCESSOR General
GROUNDS CONTROL
LANDCAPE FOREMAN & LABORERS

PHOENIX — Comedian David Spade, deeply affected by the slaying of a Phoenix police officer, has shown his support for the family with a $25,000 donation.

After reading about Officer Nick Erfle’s shooting death last month, Spade, a Scottsdale native, says he was “hit out of the blue” by the ordeal and the fact that Erfle had overcome cancer to return to duty.

“I’m from Arizona so I’m always a little aware of things that are going on there,” Spade told The Associated Press Monday. “It just struck me as such a rough situation just because cops in general get kind of a bad rap lately and people forget it is the scariest job out there.”

Spade, who currently stars on the CBS sitcom, “Rules of Engagement,” said he immediately arranged for a money transfer into a bank account already established for public donations.

“It was hard to get through. It took me a while. I finally got somebody at the bank’s voicemail and left a message,” Spade said.

He has not spoken with family or friends of Erfle. Spade said he hopes Erfle’s wife was able to use the money for the funeral or any other expenses.

“I just thought I would throw something in the pile,” he said.

Spade, who still visits family in Arizona, also recently gave $15,000 to his alma mater, Saguaro High School.

Erfle, 33, was fatally shot Sept. 18 at a busy central Phoenix street after attempting to arrest Erik Jovani Martinez, 22. Martinez, an illegal immigrant who had been deported in March of 2006, gave an alias to conceal an outstanding felony warrant.

Unbeknownst to Martinez, the alias belonged to someone who also had an outstanding warrant.

Besides a wife, Erfle left behind two sons, ages 5 and 3.