Standing on the steps of city hall on Feb. 10, Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson announced the funeral arrangements for Officer Jeremy Labonte.
Labonte, 24, was responding to a suspicious person report off Holcomb Bridge Road on Feb. 7 when 23-year-old Edward Espinoza allegedly fired on him. Espinoza is facing charges of murder, assaulting a police officer and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime.
“This is our worst nightmare, but the way you respond sometimes to tragic events really tells you about the character of a people,” Wilson said. “I think Roswell is responding the way I would expect Roswell to respond, with a deep sense of love and gratefulness and compassion and people can’t do enough.”
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