Body Of Slain Weymouth Officer Brought To Church For Wake

The body of a Massachusetts police officer slain while investigating a car crash last weekend has been transported to a church where his funeral is scheduled.

A police escort on Thursday accompanied the hearse that brought Weymouth officer Michael Chesna to St. Mary of the Sacred Heart in Hanover, where Chesna lived with his wife and two children.

Civilians holding U.S. flags lined the route and white-gloved officers saluted as the body was brought into the church.

Officers from across the region are expected at Chesna's wake later Thursday. A funeral Mass is scheduled for Friday.

Chesna was killed Sunday by a man police say threw a rock at the officer before shooting him with his own weapon. The suspect is also charged with killing 77-year-old innocent bystander, Vera Adams.