FILE - These undated file photos provided by the City of Westerville, Ohio show Officers Eric Joering, 39, left, and Anthony Morelli, 54, who were fatally shot while responding to a hang-up 9-1-1 call on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Police in the Columbus suburb of Westerville on Monday, Feb. 12 will escort the bodies of two slain officers as they're moved from a coroner's office to separate funeral homes. Officials invited the public to line the route as the bodies are transported Monday to honor the officers. (City of Westerville via AP, File)
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WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's governor on Monday ordered flags flown at half-staff around the state to honor two police officers killed over the weekend in suburban Columbus.
The order from Republican Gov. John Kasich applies to flags at public properties and will be in place until the officers are interred.
The order came hours before police in suburban Westerville were slated to escort the bodies of 39-year-old Eric Joering and 54-year-old Anthony Morelli from a coroner's office to separate funeral homes. Officials invited the public to line the route.
Westerville police haven't announced funeral details.
The officers were shot Saturday while responding to a 911 hang-up call at a townhome where the 30-year-old suspect was wounded.
Officials said Sunday that suspect Quentin Smith was hospitalized in stable condition and expected to survive.
He's charged with aggravated murder. Municipal court records didn't show an attorney for him.
Smith was sentenced to three years in prison in 2009 on a burglary conviction with an added enhancement of having a gun. He left prison in 2011 and was released from parole, called community control in Ohio, in November 2013, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
Mourners gather and leave flowers on a police cruiser parked in front of City Hall in Westerville, Ohio, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. Westerville police officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering were killed in the line of duty Saturday when a suspect opened fire on them as they responded to a call at a residence. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows Quentin L. Smith, charged with aggravated murder after the deaths of two police officers shot Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, while responding to a 911 hang-up call at a town home in Westerville, Ohio. Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, ordered flags flown at half-staff around the state to honor Eric Joering and Anthony Morelli, the two officers fatally shot at the town home in the suburb of Columbus, Ohio. Smith, wounded in the shootout, was hospitalized in stable condition and expected to survive, officials said Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the City of Westerville, Ohio shows Officer Eric Joering, 39, who was fatally shot while responding to a hang-up 9-1-1 call on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Officer Anthony Morelli, 54, was also killed in the incident. Police in the Columbus suburb of Westerville on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 will escort the bodies of two slain officers as they're moved from a coroner's office to separate funeral homes. Officials invited the public to line the route as the bodies are transported Monday to honor the officers. (Alan Geho/City of Westerville via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the City of Westerville, Ohio shows Officer Anthony Morelli, 54, who was fatally shot while responding to a hang-up 9-1-1 call on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018. Officer Eric Joering, 39, was also killed in the incident. Police in the Columbus suburb of Westerville on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 will escort the bodies of two slain officers as they're moved from a coroner's office to separate funeral homes. Officials invited the public to line the route as the bodies are transported Monday to honor the officers. (City of Westerville via AP, File)
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Mourners gather and leave flowers on a police cruiser parked in front of City Hall in Westerville, Ohio, on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. Westerville police officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering were killed in the line of duty Saturday when a suspect opened fire on them as they responded to a call at a residence.(Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)
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