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Under a steady rain, the flag-draped casket of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans was carried into a Massachusetts church on Thursday as dozens of state police troopers stood in the street and saluted.
Mourners followed the casket into St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams for a private funeral Mass, which was to be followed by burial at Bellevue Cemetery where Evans will be laid to rest beside his father, Howard. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.
Several residents stood under umbrellas nearby, Residents who wanted to pay their respects could also do so by gathering on Park Street in Adams for the funeral procession, according to a statement from the town.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. William “Billy” Evans, the U.S. Capitol Police officer killed in the line of duty, will be honored in a private funeral and burial in Adams later
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