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City holds memorial workout session for Sgt. Philip Dale Nix

In honor of what would have been Sgt. Nix's 51st birthday, the city held a special workout session in his honor.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Greensboro community continues to show an outpouring of support for Sgt. Philip Dale Nix.

The F-3 Greensboro workout group held a special workout session downtown Friday morning. 

Nix died on December 30 while trying to stop a robbery at the Colfax Sheetz. Police Chief John Thompson says the ongoing support is what everyone needs. 

"It means a lot to us [and] to our officers as well," Thompson said. 

Nix's birthday is Feb. 2, and he would have been 51 years old. 

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