Hundreds Visit Funeral Home To Honor Slain Henry County Police Officer

Henry County officer Michael Smith was shot Dec. 6 when he responded to a report of an upset man at a dentist’s office in the McDonough area. He died Dec. 28.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation via AP

Hundreds of people turned out on a rainy evening for the visitation for a Georgia police officer who died several weeks after he was shot during a confrontation with a suspect in a dentist’s office.

News outlets reported a line of people ran through the Cannon Cleveland Funeral Home in Stockbridge on Wednesday to honor Henry County officer Michael Smith.

Smith was shot Dec. 6 when he responded to a report of an upset man at a dentist’s office in the McDonough area.