WATCH: Law enforcement escorting fallen Bridgewater College officers home from Roanoke
ROANOKE, Va. – The two Bridgewater College officers who were killed earlier this week were escorted from Roanoke back up to Bridgewater on Thursday afternoon.
At 2 p.m., the escort for Bridgewater Police Officer John Painter and Bridgewater Safety Officer J.J. Jefferson departED the Western Office of the Virginia Department of Forensic Science in Roanoke.
[‘Campus is not whole without them’: Students mourn the loss of officers killed in Bridgewater College shooting]
The trip of about 100 miles, will go north on Interstate 81 and end in Bridgewater.
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