Amy Caprio, 29, in her official police portrait, served on the force in Baltimore for just under 4 years
More than 1,000 people came out to pay their respects to fallen Baltimore Police Officer Amy Caprio, 29.
Mourners at the service at the Mountain Christian Church in Joppa, Maryland walked through a gauntlet of officers from Maryland and neighboring states, who lined the sidewalks to the church in their dress blues – badges wrapped in black bands in honor of their fallen comrade.
Caprio, who’d served on the force for almost 4 years was remembered at the service by four of her fellow officers who spoke of her love of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Harry Potter, they told of sharing pizzas on the hood of patrol cars.
They said she was always available when the precinct got a call for a lost dog.
According to reports, her widow, Tim Caprio told mourners that she loved animals so much, she would ask him to fast forward through the part of The Lion King where Mufasa dies.
The flag draped casket of Officer Amy Caprio was carried past lines of police from around the state
Tim Caprio, Amy’s husband follows her casket out of the church after a one and a half hour funeral service
Baltimore County Police Chief Terrence Sheridan told WBAL-TV, that officers are struggling with the senseless loss.
‘It’s really a tough time for a lot of people, but we’ll get through it because they’re professionals. They know that they’ve got to continue giving the public that service, of making them safe, and they know that’s going to happen no matter what. We’ll get through the grieving. She’ll always be on our mind,’ Sheridan said.
Bagpipes played as her casket, draped in an American flag, was carried to a waiting hearse.
The procession from the church to the cemetery included over 100 police motorcycles
Police and members of the community lined the route to pay their respects to Amy Caprio
The procession from the church, to her final resting place in Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, Maryland included a stream of police vehicles, lights flashing.
The procession which included police motorcycles and cars, as well as civilian cars was reported to stretch for five miles.
Mourners from the area pulled over on the highway to pay their respects to Caprio.
One woman, Linda Brown, told WBAL ‘I just felt it the right thing to do to come here to honor this brave hero.’
Firetrucks were positioned on either side of the entrance to the cemetery, their ladders held an American flag aloft.
Amy Caprio, in a Facepook picture with her dog Doodle was remembered as an animal lover
A flag draped between two fire trucks at the entrance of the cemetery where Amy Caprio was laid to rest
Amy Caprio in a Facebook picture serving as bridesmaid for a friend, she had only been married for 3 years
Caprio died on Monday after she was hit by a stolen Jeep while responding to a call. She arrived on a cul-de-sac in the Perry Hall neighborhood of Baltimore. She was allegedly run down by the Jeep which was driven by 16-year-old Dawnta Anthony Harris.
Harris has been charged with murder. Three other teens were with him in the car, they were allegedly in the neighborhood to burglarize homes. All three are scheduled to appear in court next week.
Amy Caprio and her husband Tim were scheduled to go on vacation next week to celebrate Amy’s 30th birthday and the couple’s third wedding anniversary.