Page 6 - Cory Maynard News Today

While community members are showed their support in Mingo County at the funeral and procession for Sgt. Cory Maynard, people in other parts of region are stepping up to show their support from afar.

In the eyes of many, putting one’s life on the line for the safety and protection of others is one of the biggest honors an officer could make.

West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard is being remembered by family, friends, law enforcement, and the community on Wednesday.

On this West Virginia Morning, hundreds from close to home and around the nation attended the memorial service for slain West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard. Randy Yohe spoke with some of those who came to honor the life and legacy of a beloved trooper who was shot and killed in the line of duty last Friday.

State Police said Kennedy ambushed Sgt. Cory Maynard and other troopers responding to a shots fired call last Friday in the Beech Creek area of Matewan.

Members of Troop Five and the Williamson Detachment of the WVSP escorted Trooper Maynard's loved ones to the Charleston Dirty Birds game Tuesday night to honor the avid baseball fan and frequent attendee of the games.

West Virginia State Police trooper Sgt. Cory Maynard was shot and killed Friday afternoon in what appears to be an ambush-type situation.

West Virginia State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard is being remembered by family, friends, law enforcement, and the community on Wednesday.

American and West Virginia flags flying at half-staff are some of the few outward displays of mourning for the death of Trooper Cory Maynard found at West Virginia State Police Headquarters in South Charleston.

The last time Patricia Bennett saw her brother, she ate lunch with him and his two children.