All right now we gather in hope hope that he is embraced in mercy, that he is set free and perfect love and fully alive and we dare to hope and believe tha we will see him againda. Is on such occasions, you really appreciate that there is a real person on the uniform an as i have said repeatedly, if you are lawenforcement depreciation, seemingly endless procession of family, friends and Law Enforcement f from around the nation made its way through lorain is guarding him to his final resting place. Bill sheil was on the procession route and this was quite an outpouring of love and session slowly oozed by the will. Two of the people we spoke to,o, considered him a friend. It was just awesome to all o the boys that were friends. It was encouraging and they said great things. I do have a lot of years he was a great person andt i think it is special that we came together as a district tobe support the family. There was a lot of support and about how close knit this cute it is, tonight you w
Kenneth valens t. Moren the shooting in charlotte and injuriere in north carolina. You want toake a difference in the lives of pets . M sometime late in the afternoon. Were going to get reigned on in northwestern ohio. Way of rain. Its more of a wind shift in a big temperature drop youra mosty sunny with highs in the middle 80s. S. We will still be near 80 tomorrow then we will get back to fall on saturday. Hundreds if not thousands of people from across the country are expectedotf in Lorain County today to honor fallen state trooper kenneth velez. A driver suspected to be high on took his life way too soon. And love people were out there this morning. We will get you that like stream live stream is that your week is the people are starting to file in this morning at the ceremony will start at 10 00 a. M. They say it should last about 75 minutes. That will be before a takes over. T the troopers death is something that has shocked the entire area and just breaking the hearts of all of u
Is very warm, already above 80 degrees and are we anticipating any rainfall for the weekend . Saint elijah man who dedicated his life to keeping northeast ohio ones safe. Paying respects to ohio stat trooper kenneth velez, as jessica dill joins us from elyria,m honor trooper ken velez. You can see there are hundreds of officers from acros the country now are taking part ceremony coming from all over t pay respects to officer kenneth velez. Officers from canada, 29 different states filled the ewing center, about 2500 were i attendance, he has been a part of the Highway Patrol says 1988 started at the cne patrol post before transferring to elyria began at thes way the metro patrol post he was remembered today from his friends, superintendent of the Highway Patrol and from those who knew him, his three children. Heh we are extremely proud of our father, he was part of an amazing brotherhood divulging his whole life to protecting people and to protect us,wh the are tough days. Our hearts a
Some of the troopers who wer here today from indiana and elsewhere are those who helpede to protect cleveland during the rnc. Here to stay under much more somber circumstances, if you a starved for a display of appreciation for law enforcemen all that als, that is you saw today. Dave nethers fox a long procession of Family Friends and Law Enforcement from around the nation made its way o to his final resting place. This was quite an outpouring of support for his family. With be an understatement, many people we spoke to knew him, an thousandstt did not know him bu wanted to be there anyway d, it times the procession seemed to stretch on forever, we saw troopers from alabama, indiana, just to name a few the stases that sent representatives, passed in front of clearview high school, the student body money in the front of the schoo holdingt american flags in silence as the procession moved by. Ca to the people we spoke to work at clearview and considered him a friend. It was awesome to al
Weather. And crew dared to hope to believe, that we will see him again. Some of the troopers who we met today are those who were here protecting cleveland durin the rnc, returning under much more somber circumstances. The procession that made its way as thousands lined the procession route 2 pay final meant to his communityty only h to do was look trooper Kenneth Velez served in touch people here in this community that he called home, the student body o Clearview High School lined the street near the cemetery to pay respects and several people there knew him. Te he was a friend and i have a lot of years i think a special s that we have come together as a district to support the family. Many of the students know th family, her son played football with christian malaise, she has knownri him for the last te jayce i think its great that we came together as a school to show respect. It many people that knew him, and i think its a good thing that we put in the effort to make this effort to s