Hundreds mourn slain Georgia police officer

Crowd packs gymnasium for funeral in Eastman

A Georgia State Patrol honor guard salutes as the at the casket of Eastman police officer Tim Smith in Dodge County High School gymnasium Thursday in Eastman, Ga. Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said that Smith, 30, was responding to a call of a suspicious person with a gun when he was shot Saturday in Eastman. Authorities later apprehended 24-year-old Royheem Deeds and charged him with murder. - photo by Associated Press

W Officer Killed Georgi Heal 2 — A Georgia State Patrol honor guard salutes as the at the casket of Eastman police officer Tim Smith in Dodge County High School gymnasium Thursday in Eastman, Ga. Georgia Bureau of Investigation officials said that Smith, 30, was responding to a call of a suspicious person with a gun when he was shot Saturday in Eastman. Authorities later apprehended 24-year-old Royheem Deeds and charged him with murder. - photo by Associated Press

EASTMAN — Hundreds of people — including law officers from around Georgia and the nation — mourned a slain Georgia police officer whose funeral was moved to a high school gymnasium to accommodate the huge crowd. Nearly every seat was filled in Dodge County High School's gym for Thursday afternoon's funeral of Eastman Patrol Officer Timothy Smith, The Telegraph of Macon reported. His cousin, Chris Rogers, told mourners that Smith knew he wanted to be a police officer from the time he was a child growing up on a farm in Bacon County.

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