Summit Police Department is closed to the public until Wednesday out of respect for fallen officer Troy Floyd, who was killed in the line of duty Thursday.
Meanwhile, they and neighboring departments are preparing for his funeral on Tuesday. They are as follows:
Public visitation: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Service: 2 p.m.
At Bethel Temple Penecostal Church
Graveside service will be at Bethel Temple Cemetery
Police Chief Alex Miller released a statement Friday offering condolences to Floyd’s family from Summit’s police department and government.
“Our Department has suffered a tremendous loss and we are deeply saddened. Officer Troy Floyd was a dedicated family man, a loyal colleague, and a messenger of the Good News of Jesus Christ. We are grateful for the time we shared with him,” Miller said.
He also recognized others injured in the incident on Thursday.
“Many thanks to the officers of the McComb Police Department who were wounded in an effort to ensure safety and support for Summit,” he said. “Your bravery will never be forgotten.”
Miller also called out Pike County Sheriff Wally ones, McComb Police Chief Juan Cloy, Lincoln County Sheriff Steve Rushing, United States Marshal for the Southern District Mark Shepherd, the Department of Public Safety, and any other law enforcement who assisted with the incident.
Floyd is the second officer in the history of the Summit Police Department to die in the line of duty. The first was Marshal Thadeaus Benton Gillis, who was fatally shot as he dealt with two drunk men for using profane language in the Hyman Mercantile.
The Officer Down Memorial Page says that “one of the men slapped him in the face, the other picked up a shotgun on a counter and shot him in the back of the head, causing instant death.”
Both were arrested, convicted of murder, and sentenced to life in prison, but the shooter, who came from a prominent family, was pardoned by Governor James K. Vardaman in early 1908.
Gillis was a Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War, having served with the 22nd Mississippi Infantry, Company E. He served with the Summit Police Department for 20 years.
