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Hundreds pay respects at Capitol officer’s funeral Logan Evans, 9, center, son of the late U.S. Capitol Police officer William "Billy" Evans, holds a stuffed toy as he departs St. Stanislaus Kostka Church with his grandmother Janice Evans, behind center left, and his mother Shannon Terranova, center right, who holds his sister Abigail Evans, 7, right, following a funeral Mass for his father, in Adams, Mass., Thursday, April 15, 2021. Evans, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, was killed on...

ADAMS — From the rainy street outside St. Stanislaus Kostka, onlookers could just make out the inside of the church, its cavernous ceiling and cross bathed in a warm, orange

Hundreds pay respects at funeral of slain US Capitol officer Pallbearers from the U.S. Capitol Police, center, carry the casket of William "Billy" Evans into St. Stanislaus Kostka Church before a funeral Mass, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Adams, Mass. Evans, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, was killed on Friday, April 2, when a driver slammed his car into a checkpoint he was guarding at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) April 15, 2021 - 12:59 PM ADAMS, Mas...

Hundreds pay respects at funeral of slain US Capitol officer April 15, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 32 1of32Pallbearers from the U.S. Capitol Police carry the casket of William "Billy" Evans into St. Stanislaus Kostka Church before a funeral Mass, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Adams, Mass. Evans, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, was killed on Friday, April 2, when a driver slammed his car into a checkpoint he was guarding at the Capitol.Steven Senne/APShow MoreShow Less 2of32Pallbea...

1 of 16 This image provided by the U.S. Capitol Police shows U.S. Capitol Police officer William "Billy" Evans, an 18-year veteran who was a member of the departments first responders unit. Evans will lie in honor in the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday. The tribute comes as part of the second such ceremony this year for a force that has edged close to crisis in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection. President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will attend a ceremony for Evans,...

Today slain Capitol Police Officer William "Billy Evans" will lie in honor at the Capitol rotunda, one of the countries highest honors. Thursday the North Adams native will be laid to rest at home in The Berkshires. A ceremony attended by President Joe Biden to honor Evans, who was killed April 2 when a vehicle rammed into him and another officer at a barricade just 100 yards from the Capitol building, was held morning. There is also a viewing period taking place today until 6:30 p.m. in which...

Funeral Mass for Capitol Police Officer William Evans will be held Thursday in Adams Travis Andersen © AMR ALFIKY Capitol Police officers looked at a program prior to a ceremony honoring fellow officer William Evans, whose body lay in honor in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. A funeral Mass will be said in Adams on Thursday for US Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans, who was killed April 2 when a vehicle rammed into him and another officer at a...

Funeral Mass for Capitol Police Officer William Evans will be held Thursday in Adams By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated April 13, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Capitol Police officers looked at a program prior to a ceremony honoring fellow officer William Evans, whose body lay in honor in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.AMR ALFIKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images A funeral Mass will be said in Adams on Thursday for US Capitol Police Officer William “Billy” Evans...

Capitol Police officers death remains mired in conflicting reports and official silence Caitlin Dickson More than a month after the insurrection at the Capitol, the circumstances surrounding the death of a U.S. Capitol Police officer who responded to the Jan. 6 attack are something of a mystery. Despite quickly becoming the subject of a federal investigation, the death of Brian Sicknick, a 42-year-old Capitol Police officer, has not led to any arrests, nor have autopsy results o...

The Police Officer Murdered By Trump’s ‘Law And Order Patriots’ Photo by Blinkofanaye/ CC BY-NC 2.0 Reprinted with permission from ProPublica The grieving family of a slain Capitol Police officer says he was a private man whose death shouldnt be politicized. But now it is forced to make sense of the reality that he is a victim of political violence, his legacy forever linked to an insurrection in the U.S. Capitol. "He spent his life trying to help other people," t...