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Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Funeral held at Ga Southwestern

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard escorts Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard escorts Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard escorts Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A bagpiper with the honor guard leads Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, who were best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A bagpiper with the honor guard leads Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, who were best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard leads Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: University officials look on in respect while a honor guard leads Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Sumter County SheriffÃ¢â¬â¢s Deputy Joseph Monts stands at attention while a honor guard leads Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Monts is a friend who served with Smith at his prior police job. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard stands at attention after escorting Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Sumter County Sheriffâs Deputy Joseph Monts weeps while watching a honor guard escort Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Monts is a friend who served with Smith at his prior police job. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Sumter County Sheriffâs Deputy Joseph Monts weeps from the balcony while watching a honor guard escort Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Monts is a friend who served with Smith at his prior police job. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard leads Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard salutes as Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith is escorted into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, who were best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: The honor guard salutes the escort passing by with Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the conclusion of his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: The honor guard salutes while a bagpiper leads the escort passing by with Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the conclusion of his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A row of university police, campus security, and Americus police officers bow in prayer during the funeral service of fellow Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A row of university police, campus security, and Americus police officers bow in prayer during the funeral service of fellow Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A row of university police, campus security, and Americus police officers (left) bow in prayer during the funeral service of fellow Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Callie R. Martin, a friend of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith, is overcome with emotion in the upper deck of the Storm Dome during his funeral at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A member of the honor guard salutes the flag draped casket of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith during his funeral at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Amazing Grace is performed during the funeral service of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Hundreds of police officers bow in prayer during the funeral service of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Kayla Cone (left) and Cherie McCarty, life long friends of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith, console each other during his funeral at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A Montezuma police officer wipes her eyes during the funeral service of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Students and law enforcement officials sit beneath a black draped cloth inside the Storm Dome during the funeral service of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: The North Carolina Troopers Association/N.C. Highway Patrol Caison Unit escorts Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith across campus to his hearse during his funeral at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Citizens turn out in a show of support while the North Carolina Troopers Association/N.C. Highway Patrol Caison Unit escorts Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith across campus to his hearse during his funeral at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: The North Carolina Troopers Association/N.C. Highway Patrol Caison Unit escort Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith across campus to his hearse during his funeral at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Officers salute Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith as his casket is loaded into his hearse during funeral services at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Americus Police Chief Mark Scott speaks during the funeral service of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: The police car of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith is covered in black at a campus memorial while citizens line the street in support as a honor guard escorts his casket to a hearse at the end of his funeral services at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: Charles Patterson, Interim President GSW, speaks during the funeral service of Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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December 14, 2016, AMERICUS: A honor guard escorts Georgia Southwestern State University campus police officer Jody Smith into the Storm Dome for his funeral service at the university on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016, in Americus. Officer Smith and Americus police officer Nicholas Ryan Smarr, best friends, were killed responding to a domestic dispute. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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