MANCHESTER, N.H. – Hundreds of police officers on bicycles, motorcycles, horses and on foot marched more than three miles Saturday to honor a colleague gunned down while on bike patrol.
Along with a riderless horse, the traditional symbol of a fallen officer, the procession included Officer Michael Briggs’ bicycle, which was mounted on a Manchester cruiser.
Briggs, 35, was shot in the head in a dark alley Monday as he responded to a domestic violence call. He died the next day.
The procession took Briggs’ flag-draped coffin past City Hall and the Manchester police headquarters before solemnly making its way to the stadium where Briggs often brought his young sons to watch minor league baseball games.
Michael Addison, 26, was charged with capital murder in Briggs’ shooting.
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