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DC Police Salute Motorcade Carrying Slain Capitol Officer Billy Evans

Police saluted US Capitol Police Officer William ‘Billy’ Evans, killed after getting struck by a vehicle on April 2, as a motorcade carried his hearse to a lying-in-honor ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda on April 13.

Daniel Winkler shared footage from an on-ramp to Interstate 395 in Arlington, where several members of Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department, seen wearing brightly colored helmets, saluted the motorcade on Tuesday morning as traffic waited for it to pass.

President Joe Biden and other political leaders spoke to the family of the fallen officer, who had served with the Capitol Police since 2003. Credit: Daniel Winkler via Storyful