Indiana officers honor slain deputy shot during chase
Posted March 05, 2018 6:00 am
LEBANON, Ind. (AP) - Dozens of police officers have saluted the flag-draped body of a slain central Indiana sheriff's deputy as it was taken from a hospital to a coroner's office.
Scores of police vehicles and motorcycles escorted the hearse carrying Boone County Deputy Jacob Pickett's body Monday morning from St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis to the Marion County coroner's office.
Boone County Sheriff Mike Nielsen announced on Facebook early Monday that the married father of two young children had died. He was shot Friday during a chase in Lebanon, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis, and he was kept alive so his organs could be donated.
A 21-year-old man is jailed on a preliminary murder charge in Pickett's killing.
The Boone County Sheriff's Office flies their flags at half-staff to honor Deputy Jacob Pickett, Friday, March 2, 2018 in Lebanon, Ind, Jacob Pickett, a central Indiana sheriff's deputy who was shot in the head while chasing three suspects won't survive and was on life support for donation of his organs, authorities said Friday. (Jenna Watson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
The Associated Press
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