Oct 18, 2006 11:15 pm US/Eastern
Funeral Set For Manchester Police Officer
by Karen Anderson
MANCHESTER, N.H. (CBS4) ―
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Briggs' casket was driven past the Manchester police headquarters on Wednesday.
CBS
Funeral arraignments have been set for
Manchester police officer
Michael Briggs.
The 35-year-old husband and father of two died Tuesday afternoon, one day after he was shot in the head while on duty. He's the first Manchester police officer killed in the line of duty in 30 years.
Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte and Manchester Police Chief John A. Jaskolka announced Wednesday night that the autopsy of Manchester Police Officer Michael L. Briggs was completed. New Hampshire Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Jennie V. Duval conducted the autopsy and determined the cause of Officer Briggs's death to be a single gunshot wound to the head and the manner of his death to be homicide.
At the request of the Attorney General, the Manchester District Court issued an arrest warrant for capital murder against Michael Addison for knowingly causing the death of Manchester Police Officer Michael L. Briggs, a law enforcement officer acting in the line of duty, by shooting Officer Briggs in the head with a firearm.
Briggs' casket was driven past the Manchester police headquarters on Wednesday.
Briggs grew up working along Fire Chief Stewart Yeaton on his
Epsom,
New Hampshire farm.
"I asked him how things were in Manchester and he said, 'oh we're still getting stabbings and shootings,'" said Yeaton. "I said, 'that city's out of control, just be careful.'"
Yeaton said Briggs always wanted to be a police officer. He started on the Epsom force and then went to Manchester.
"He did the bike shift at night so that he could be home during the day with the kids," Yeaton said.
In Epson, Officer Jeremy Sharon was killed nine years ago. He and Briggs were both marines and then worked together in Epsom. Briggs was even a pall bearer at Sharon's funeral. Briggs' killing brings back painful memories to the town.
"I was devastated," said former Epsom Police Chief Roger Amadon. "If the word is déjà vu, there's a flashback. If I could take it all away and undo the day…I felt powerless."
The calling hours will take place at:
Lamberts Funeral Home
1799 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03104
There will be Law Enforcement only calling hours Friday, October 20th from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Public calling hours will be Friday evening October 20th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
There will be a funeral procession from Lamberts Funeral Home to Merchantauto.com also known as the former Fisher Cat Stadium starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday October 21st.
The procession will begin at Lamberts Funeral Home southerly on Elm Street to include a pass by Manchester City Hall, the Manchester Police Department as well as the Hillsborough County House of Correction, then ending at the Mechantsauto.com stadium
There will be an 11:00 a.m. Memorial Service at Merchantsauto.com Stadium located at 1 Line Drive in Manchester.
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