One year after he was killed while riding home from work on Riggs Road, Dustin Tappe’s friends and family held a memorial service in his honor.

A small crowd last night surrounded a white cross and plaque encircled with candles, photos and personal belongings for the man whose widow, Melody Rose Tappe , called “the most amazing man in the world.”

“My husband would be the first one to stand up for anybody. Bikers are a family. We love each other; we’re here for each other. It doesn’t matter what [motorcycle] club you’re from,” she said after lighting and lifting paper lanterns into the night sky. “We all love each other. Clubs are about the love of riding in the first place.”

Tappe was aged 38 when he died on Riggs Road while on his way to the family’s Maricopa Meadows home from

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