Photos: Motorcade for Lance Cpl. Skip Wells

Cobb County

The body of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Skip Wells, killed July 16, 2015, by a gunman in Chattanooga, was escorted from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Thursday, July 23, 2015.

Marietta Fire Fighters hang a giant flag between two ladder trucks and fly it over I75. The body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could pay their respects to Lance Corporal Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Marianne Burke, from Marietta, draped a "Thank You" flag over the overpass as she awaited the motorcade with the body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Skip Wells, killed July 16, 2015, by a gunman in Chattanooga. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that viewers could pay their respects to Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Matthew Ray, a Veteran from Cartersville, flies a large flag. Above is the Marietta Fire Department flag flying between two ladder trucks. The body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Hundreds of people lined the bridge, waving their flags at the motorists below as they waited for the motorcade to pass. The body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could pay their respects to Lance Corporal Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Drivers honked their horns and waved as traffic built up before the overpass ahead of the motorcade. The body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could pay their respects to Lance Corporal Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

A police motorcycle escort leads the motorcade as traffic came to a standstill as they passed. The body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could pay their respects to Lance Corporal Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

All traffic came to a stop as the hearse carrying Lance Cpl. Skip Wells passes through. The body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that viewers could pay their respects to Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

All traffic came to a stop as the hearse carrying Lance Cpl. Skip Wells passes through. he body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could pay their respects to Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

The Marietta Fire Department Honor Guard stands at attention as the body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could pay their respects to Lance Cpl. Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Donna Durrett, of Ellijay, places flowers in a fence on the 17th Street bridge overlooking the highway. A motorcade shuts down the Downtown Connector northbound as the body of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could gather on the roadway to pay their respects to Lance Corporal Wells and the other Marines and Sailor who were killed in Chattanooga in the line of duty in a terrorist shooting last week. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

A motorcade shuts down the Downtown Connector northbound as the body of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Thursday, July 23, 2015. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could gather on the roadway to pay their respects to Lance Corporal Wells and the other Marines and Sailor who were killed in Chattanooga in the line of duty in a terrorist shooting last week. KENT D. JOHNSON /KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

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Marietta Fire Fighters hang a giant flag between two ladder trucks and fly it over I75. The body of Lance Cpl. Skip Wells was escorted via motorcade from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport along Interstate 75 to Cobb County. The Marietta Police Department shut down a portion of the Canton Road Connector Bridge over Interstate 75, so that the City and citizens could pay their respects to Lance Corporal Wells as his procession passed below. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

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