Mourners Gather For Slain Trooper Chadwick LeCroy's Funeral

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A Georgia state patrol trooper who was gunned down earlier this week is being laid to rest in Marietta.

Mouers from across the country gathered to attend the Friday funeral of Trooper Chadwick LeCroy, 38, who was fatally shot. Hundreds of vehicles from various police agencies comprised the motorcade that led the funeral procession.

A horse-drawn caisson brought the slain trooper's body from the Mayes Ward funeral home to funeral services at the Roswell Street Baptist Church. Afterward, the procession will head to the Kennesaw Memorial Park Cemetery for burial.

On Monday, 30-year-old Gregory Favors was driving on Bolton Road in Atlanta when LeCroy tried to stop him for a broken headlight, investigators said. Favors fled from the officer, then crashed his car on an embankment, police said. Authorities said Favors shot LeCroy in the neck when the trooper approached the car.

Investigators said that after the shooting, Favors jumped into the trooper’s squad car and ditched it several blocks away near Gun Club Drive.

Later that night, Atlanta police, with the assistance of Cobb County police, took Favors into custody. He is charged with murder.

LeCroy was stationed at Post 48 in Atlanta and belonged to the Criminal Suppression Unit. He is the first trooper to be killed by gunfire in 35 years and the 27th Georgia State trooper to be killed in the line of duty, officials said.

LeCroy leaves behind a wife and two sons.