COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Starting at about 10:30 Thursday morning, the body of Officer Steven Smith was given a “Hero’s Escort” throughout Columbus.

The procession started at the Franklin County Coroner’s Office on King Avenue and traveled east to High Street, then west on Nationwide Boulevard, south on Front Street to Marconi Boulevard passing Columbus Police Headquarters. The escort will then head east on Broad Street passing City Hall, south on High Street to the Statehouse, before going east on State Street to the Schoedinger Funeral Home.

An earlier procession was held when Officer Smith’s body was moved from the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center to the coroner’s office.

Officer Smith was shot and killed over the weekend during a SWAT raid at a California Avenue apartment.

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