Franklin County Now Staff and Associated Press
(Greenfield, MA) – Members of law enforcement from throughout Franklin County paused to honor a fallen fellow police officer on Wednesday. Franklin County police and other first responders lined the Greenfield rotary yesterday as the body of DC Police Officer William Evans was transported to his hometown of North Adams. All traffic around the rotary on I-91 and Route 2A was stopped briefly as the motorcade slowly drove around the rotary and then continued west on Route 2.
A mass will be held today at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams and burial at Bellevue Cemetery — where Evans will be laid to rest beside his father, Howard. Services are private but residents can pay their respects by gathering on Park Street in Adams at 1 p.m. for the funeral procession, according to a statement from the town.
Evans, 41, was raised in North Adams and Clarksburg and was a graduate of Drury High School and Western New England University in Springfield. He served with the U.S. Capitol Police since 2003. He was killed earlier this month when a driver struck him and another officer at a barricade outside the Senate.
(Photos: Matt Gregory/FranklinCountyNow Staff)