BATON ROUGE - An Istrouma High School senior received a scholarship on Tuesday dedicated to an officer killed in an ambush.

Johnny Williams was awarded the Montrell L. Jackson Scholarship at the Istrouma library. The scholarship is awarded to a senior "who exemplifies leadership, character, resilience and a heart for service." Jackson was killed in a 2016 ambush that also claimed the lives of three other officers.

Jackson's widow, Trenisha Jackson, named Williams as the recipient.