KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Agencies from across the Kansas City area assisted Tuesday afternoon in a procession to take the body of fallen Fairway police officer Jonah Oswald to a funeral home in Shawnee.
Tuesday's procession started at the Johnson County Medical Examiner's Office near W. 119th Street and Ridgeview Road. From there, the procession continued north to Kansas Highway 10, where the procession then went east on K-10 until Interstate 435.
At I-435, the procession turned north to Johnson Drive, when officers exited the highway and turned east on Johnson Drive to the Amos funeral home in downtown Shawnee.
"We definitely want to come outside and pay respects," said Derrick Saunders, co-owner of J.C. Barbershop, which is located on the route of the procession. "Just to show them, hey man, we feel for you. We're here for you."
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Earlier Tuesday, the City of Fairway established a fund for donations to Oswald's family, including his wife and two children.
Oswald was shot and killed as part of a police chase and altercation that ended with a shooting Sunday morning at a QuikTrip near Interstate 35 and Lamar Avenue in Mission.
He served in the Army Reserves.
Lenexa Police Department reports there is a 24-hour guard with Oswald until the funeral. That guard is comprised of officers from various agencies around Johnson County.
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