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Funeral services for WakeMed Officer Roger Smith will be held Monday, Nov. 17, officials announced on Friday.
The service will start at noon at Providence Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Smith’s casket will be taken by the North Carolina State Highway Patrol’s Caisson Unit, starting at 10:45 a.m., down Glenwood Avenue from Mitchell Funeral Home to Providence Church.
Following the service, Smith will be buried at Pinecrest Memorial Park in Clayton, N.C., officials said.
A visitation will be held on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Mitchell Funeral Home at Raleigh Memorial Park, according to Smith’s obituary.
Smith, 59, served as an officer with WakeMed Campus Police for 14 years.
He was shot and killed on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 8, while on duty. Officials say the shooting happened during a struggle at the WakeMed Garner HealthPlex.
The suspect has been arrested and charged with murder, officials said.
Authorities have not released many details as to what led up to the shooting. The Garner Police Department and the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
“He will be remembered for his compassion, his dedication to others, his kind smile, his friendship and his heroism,” WakeMed Health and Hospitals said in a statement earlier this week. “Officer Smith lost his life while protecting the lives of others – and we will forever remember and honor his memory.”
A spokeswoman for WakeMed Health and Hospitals said there will be a memorial in Smith’s honor soon.
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Justin Pryor
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