I’M ANDREA MARTINEZ. >>> AND I’M ALEXIS FRAZIER. LOCAL 10 NEWS AT NOON
>>> A FINAL FAREWELL FOR A MIAMI-DADE POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY A HUGE
PROCESSION WITH HUNDREDS OF LAW
ENFORCEMENT ON HAND ESCORTED HIS
BODY TO LOAN DEPOT PARK.
AND LET’S TAKE YOU WHERE THE
FUNERAL SERVICE IS UNDERWAY FOR
DETECTIVE CESAR ECHAVERRY.
>> I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART.
>>> THAT WAS JUST MOMENTS AGO,
THE FAMILY OF THE DC SPEAKING AT
THAT FUNERAL SERVICE AND OF
COURSE WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE AT
NOON AS THIS OFFICER IS
REMEMBERED.
>>> WE’LL START WITH LOCAL 10
NEWS REPORTER IAN MARKLE LIVE.
>> AND THIS CEREMONY ACTUALLY
WRAPPING UP AS WE SPEAK HERE AT
LOAN DEPOT PARK, AND WE CAN SHOW
YOU WHAT’S GOING ON RIGHT NOW,
THEY ARE FINISHING UP THE THE
SPEECHES.
THEY WILL BE TAKING HIS BODY OUT
OF THE PARK AND HE WILL HEAD TO
THE AIRPORT TO BE TAKEN TO
NICARAGUA.
WE ARE LOOKING AT LIVE PICTURES
HERE ON THE FIELD AND IT WRAPPED
UP JUST MOMENTS AGO, ALL OF THIS
IN HONOR OF DETECTIVE CESAR
ECHAVERRY.
>> AT LOAN DEPOT PARK RIGHT
OCTOBER MARLINS INFIELD THE
RENDERING OF HONORS CEREMONY FOR
DETECTIVE CESAR ECHAVERRY BEGAN
AT 10:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY, A
MEMBER OF THE MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DEPARTMENT’S ROBBERY
INTERVENTION DETAIL WAS KILLED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY LAST WEEK
WHILE CHASING AN ARMED ROBBERY
SUSPECT IS THIS LIBERTY CITY.
>>> AT THE CEREMONY’S HIS FAMILY
WATCHED FROM THE FRONT ROW
WEARING A SPECIAL JEER SEE WITH
HIS NAME AND NUMBER NINE ON THE
BACK, HIS LOCAL COUNTY AND FAITH
LEADERS DELIVERED SPEECHES TO A
CROWD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS FROM ACROSS SOUTH
FLORIDA.
THE TODAY WE REMEMBER A BELOVED
SON, A BROTHER, A FRIEND, A
FIANCÉ, A COLLEAGUE, AND A
PUBLIC SERVANT.
>> DETECTIVE CESAR ECHAVERRY
SERVED WITH TRUE HONOR AND DIED
IN THE LINE OF DUTY PROTECTING
OUR COMMUNITY.
HIS BRAVERY AND SACRIFICE WILL
NOT BE FORGOTTEN.
>> AND TAKING YOU BACK LIVE HERE
WE’RE LISTENING TO TAPS.
I’LL LET YOU LISTEN IN FOR JUST
A MOMENT . . .
.
. [PLAYING TAPS.]
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.? >> Reporter: AND JUST BEFORE TAP THEY DID A 21 GUN SALUTE HERE
INSIDE MARLINS PARK, AND ONCE
AGAIN THEY WILL BE LEADING HIS
BODY BACK OUT.
WE’RE NOW GOING TO LISTEN TO THE
BAGPIPERS AND THE DRUM LINE THAT
WILL BE LEADING HIS BODY OUT IF
WE HAVE THAT AUDIO, WE CAN TAKE
A LISTEN IN . . .
.
. >>> SO THIS ENTIRE CEREMONY WAS FILLED WITH PEOPLE FROM BOTH THE
COUNTY FROM THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, AND HIS CLOSE
FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
WE HEARD FROM HIS SISTER AND SAN
FIANCEE A WHILE AGO, TAKE A
LISTEN.
>> AS I START THIS NEW JOURNEY
WITHOUT YOU PHYSICALLY BY MY
SIDE I PRAY THAT GOD ALLOWS YOU
TO CONTINUE PROTECTING OUR
PARENTS AND GUIDE ME WITH
WISDOM, STRENGTH AND COURAGE.
>> HIS LOVE FOR HIS UNIFORM AND
HIS UNIT WAS SPECIAL.
HE WAS SO STRONG, LIKE A BOULDER
AND I CAN STILL FEEL IT AS I’M
STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU ALL
TODAY.
LOSING CAESAR HAS LEFT A GAPING
HOLE IN MY HEART.
WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
WITHOUT HIM.
WE WILL HONOR HIS LEGACY UNTIL
WE MEET AGAIN.
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU NO MATTER
HOW MUCH TIME PASSES.
WATCH OVER ALL OF US HERE TODAY
AND ALWAYS.
>>> AND BACK OUT HERE AT LOAN
DEPOT PARK, THEY ARE HOLDING
THAT AMERICAN FLAG OVER HIS
CASKET HERE RIGHT AT SECOND
BASE, RIGHT ON THE MARLINS
INFIELD AND AS WE MENTIONED
SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS
DAY HE WAS A HUGE BASEBALL FAN,
IN FACT PLAYED IN NICARAGUA
BEFORE COMING BACK HERE TO GO TO
SCHOOL AND BECOME A POLICE
OFFICER, SO DOING IT AT MARLINS
PARK ON THE FIELD, SOMETHING
VERY SPECIAL TO HIM AND TO HIS
FAMILY.
HIS FAMILY WE SHOWED YOU A
COUPLE TIMES EARLIER ALL WEARING
SPECIAL JERSEYS WITH HIS NUMBER
NINE AND ECHY ON THE BACK.
THIS SIDE BEEN A VERY SOMBER
CEREMONY, A LOT OF TEARS AND
GOOD MEMORIES.
WE HEARD SPEAKERS FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, FRIENDS AND
FAMILY AND NEXT HE WILL BE TAKEN
TO THE AIRPORT WHERE HE WILL BE
TAKEN TO NICARAGUA WHERE HE WILL
BE LAID TO REST.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT SHOW OF SUPPORT SO PRESENT
THERE AT LOAN DEPOT PARK, SUCH A
TOUCHING CEREMONY THERE SAYING
GOOD-BYE TO THE DETECTIVE.
AND OUR TEAM COVERAGE TURNS TO
ANNALIESE GARCIA WHO TELLS US
ABOUT THE HUGE SHOW OF SUPPORT
DURING THE PROCESSION.
>> THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN AT
THE FUNERAL HOME AND MADE THEIR
WAY TO THE LOAN DEPOT PARK.
THE FINAL FAREWELL FOR CESAR
ECHAVERRY, A MIAMI-DADE POLICE
DETECTIVE WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN
THE LINE OF DUTY.
WEDNESDAY MORNING WE WITNESSED
THE PROCESSION TO MOVE HIS BODY
FROM THE FUNERAL HOME TO LOAN
DEPOT PARK.
MOTOR MEN FROM ALL OVER THE
STATE OF FLORIDA GATHERED
OUTSIDE THE FUNERAL HOME.
WE SAW OFFICERS FROM PLACES LIKE
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, ESCAMBIA
COUNTY AND CAPE CORAL TO THAT I
AM A FEW ALL TO SUPPORT AND
REMEMBER THIS MAN WHO GAVE HIS
LIFE TO PROTECT HIS COMMUNITY.
THE LARGE MOTORCADE BEGAN WITH
200 OFFICER ON THEIR BIKES, NOT
FAR BEHIND, SEVERAL BROTHERS AND
SISTERS FROM MIAMI-DADE POLICE
ESCORTS THE HEARSE WHERE YOU CAN
SEE THE AMERICAN FLAG DRAPED
OVER THE CASKET AT A VERY SLOW
PACE, THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO
LOAN DEPOT PARK FOR THE
RENDERING OF HONORS CEREMONY.
A FIVE YEAR VETERAN OF
MIAMI-DADE POLICE, PART OF THE
ROBBERY INTERVENTION DETAIL.
HE WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD WHILE
CHASING AN ARMED ROBBERY
SUSPECT.
HE HELD ON FOR TWO DAYS BUT
ULTIMATELY SUCCUMBED TO HIS
INJURIES.
A VERY SOMBER BUT POWERFUL
PROCESSION ALL TO HONOR ECHY FOR