An undated photo provided by the St. Louis County Police Department shows St. Louis County Police officer Blake Snyder. Police say 33-year-old white officer Blake Snyder was fatally wounded during a pre-dawn shooting Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016, in Green Park, Mo., a small middle-class community. Police say the suspect, an 18-year-old white male, is in critical but stable condition after being shot by another officer. (St. Louis County Police Department via AP) (The Associated Press)
CLAYTON, Mo. – Hundreds of police officers from around the country turn out to pay their respects for a fallen St. Louis County officer.
The funeral for 33-year-old Blake Snyder was Thursday in Chesterfield. Ten pallbearers carried the flag-draped coffin inside the Family Church, followed by Snyder's widow, Elizabeth, and their 2-year-old son.
In addition to the large crowd at the funeral, hundreds of others lined the lengthy funeral procession route to a cemetery in Godfrey, Illinois. Massive American flags flew from fire truck ladders along the 50-mile route.
Trenton Forster. (St. Louis County Police Department via AP)
Snyder was fatally shot Oct. 6 after answering a disturbance call in south St. Louis County. A second officer returned fire, injuring the 18-year-old suspect, Trenton Forster, who remains hospitalized. Forster is charged with first-degree murder.
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