BATON ROUGE, La. (WSAU) — Officers from the Marathon County Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard have traveled to Louisiana to support three police officers killed last Sunday.
The department announced their trip on their Facebook page. A sheriff’s department vehicle was driven south to honor Deputy Brad Garafola, Corporal Montrell Jackson, and Officer Matthew Gerald, all of whom were shot and killed by a lone gunman on July 17th. The fallen officers were a part of the Baton Rouge Police Department and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Images shared to the Facebook page depict law enforcement agencies from across the country making the trip to show their unity.
