Hundreds of people attended Monday's procession and funeral for a Show Low police officer who was killed in the line of duty last week.
A hero was laid to rest today.
Thousands came to pay their respects to SLPD Officer Darrin Reed this afternoon.https://t.co/nrT0AQkyAN pic.twitter.com/jZ5ydPnc0Z
— Navajo County (@NavajoCountyAZ) November 14, 2016
Officer Darrin Reed was fatally shot after responding to a disturbance at a restaurant Wednesday in the town of about 10,000 people in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest.
Authorities say the gunman was later killed during a barricade situation at a rental cabin in the nearby community of Pinetop-Lakeside.
The 50-year-old Reed had been with Show Low police since 2006 and was scheduled to retire in February.
He's survived by a wife and two children.
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office says its honor guard attended the funeral and gave Reed's widow a $25,000 check from the agency's memorial fund to help with any financial needs of the officer's family.
