'A beautiful life:' Hundreds gather for memorial service for officer killed in Charlotte
COMING UP. ALL RIGHT, MIKE,
THANKS. WE'LL SEE THAT.
>> TODAY, FAMILY, FRIENDS AND
HUNDREDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER SAID A FINAL GOOD-BYE
TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS KILLED
IN CHARLOTTE. PEOPLE LINED THE
STREETS AS OFFICERS MARCHED
ALONGSIDE JOSHUA AYERS, HORSE
TRON CASKET DRAPED IN AN
AMERICAN FLAG AS IT WAS CARRIED
TO THE CHURCH.
>> IT'S CLICHE, BUT I KNOW THE
REASON HER LOVE IS SO SPECIAL
IS BECAUSE HE IS AND ALWAYS
WILL BE. BUT THEY ARE. BUT
>> HIS WIDOW EULOGIZING HIM
THERE WRAL'S MATT TALHELM IS
LIVE TONIGHT WITH HOW THOSE
WHO KNEW HIM BEST. REMEMBERING
OFFICER I.
>> YEAH, VERY EMOTIONAL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF MOURNING IN
THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE BUT ALSO
AROUND THE STATE HERE AT THE
EXECUTIVE MANSION. YOU CAN SEE
FLAGS ARE FLYING AT HALF-STAFF
HERE. GOVERNOR ROY COOPER
ORDERED THEM LOWERED ON ALL
STATE BUILDINGS UNTIL SUNSET
TONIGHT TO HONOR THE OFFICERS.
THE GOVERNOR WAS IN CHARLOTTE
EARLIER TODAY FOR THE FIRST
OF 4 FUNERALS FOR THOSE
OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE
OF DUTY.
>> SOLEMN SILENCE FALLS UPON
THE BUSY STREETS OF UPTOWN
CHARLOTTE. BUT FOR THE CLIP
CLOCK ON PAVEMENT OF A HORSE
DRAWN, CAISSON CARRYING A
FALLEN OFFICER TO HIS FINAL
CALL OF DUTY IN THIS LIFE.
>> TODAY WE COME TOGETHER WITH
HEAVY HEARTS.
>> INSIDE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH,
THE FLAG DRAPED CASKET WAS
FLANKED BY PHOTOS OF A HUSBAND,
FATHER AND 6 YEAR VETERAN OF
THE FORCE. 31 YEAR-OLD JOSHUA
EYER PUT ON THE DEPARTMENT'S
UNIFORM FOR THE FINAL TIME
MONDAY.
>> OFFICER EYER YOU REPRESENT.
EVERYTHING GREAT. ABOUT THIS
BAD WHERE OVER MY HEART.
AND THIS PATCH WHERE MICE LEE?
>> I OR IS REMEMBERED AS A
SELFLESS, HUMBLE HERO COMMITTED
TO KEEPING HIS COMMUNITY SAFE.
>> HOMICIDE SUSPECT YOU GET TO.
STILL A SANDWICH FROM QT.
I'S GETTING YOU
>> OFFICER NICHOLAS FOR ERA
WORKED BY HIS SIDE. HE GAVE HIS
ALL UNTIL THE VERY END AND WE
OWE IT TO HIM AND THE OTHERS
TRAGICALLY KILLED TO PICK UP
WHERE THEY LEFT OFF THAT LEGACY
LIVES ON IN A WIFE'S WILL
POWER.
>> AND I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET
THROUGH THIS, BUT I WANT TO
TRY.
>> TO SHARE THE INTIMACIES OF
LIFE AND LOSS IN FRONT OF A
CROWD OF HUNDREDS
>> HE WAS SO SO GOOD TO ME.
I NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL
QUESTION HOW MUCH YOU LOVE ME.
>> AND THE LOVE OF A 3 YEAR-OLD
SON. HE LEAVES BEHIND A SON
DISTRACTED DURING THE SERVICE
BY A SMARTPHONE FROM THE LOSS.
HE'S TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND.
>> THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A
BEAUTIFUL.
AND FOR BEAUTIFUL THING.
>> WE WILL LET YOU DOWN.
>> WE JUST LAST MONTH I ARE
WAS NAMED THE OFFICER OF THE
MONTH BY THE DEPARTMENT BY THE
CHIEF. THERE. TODAY WAS LAID TO