A large crowd of law enforcement and civilians awaited the arrival of Davis outside the Reed and Benoit Funeral Home Tuesday. Officers saluted as Davis' body was carried inside the funeral home; civilians embraced each other and held American flags as they paid their respect to the fallen trooper.
Police have just blocked off street of funeral home. Large group just showed up holding small American flags @CNYcentral
Davis' body had been brought to Syracuse early Monday morning to the Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office. Davis left Syracuse the same way that he arrived: with an escort from fellow law enforcers. As the procession passed, other officers stood at attention and saluted the fallen trooper.
The procession left Syracuse at about 8:10 a.m. Tuesday. From there it escorted Davis' body on Interstate 81 back to Jefferson County, arriving at about 9:30 a.m.
People gathered on overpasses along the route to hang American flags and show respect for Trooper Davis as the procession passed by.
State Police say Davis, 36, was responding to a call of shots fired at a home on County Route 46 in Theresa when he was shot once and killed. Justin D. Walters, 32, a resident of the home and a Fort Drum soldier, has been charged for both Davis' death and the death of his wife, 27-year-old Nicole V. Walters, who was also found dead at the scene.
A third victim, Rebecca Finkle, was also shot but is expected to survive.
Justin Walters was arraigned Monday evening on first- and second-degree murder charges and ordered held without bail.
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