MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) Deputy Christopher Knight’s funeral was held Tuesday at the Macon City Auditorium.
Law enforcement agencies along with local and state officials across Georgia came to pay their respects. Governor Brian Kemp and his wife Marty attended the ceremony as well.
Deputy Knight died Tuesday April 6 while working at the Bibb County Jail. He was stabbed by an inmate who was moving to suicide watch. He was 30 years old.
We spoke with Captain Gregory Jones about the type of person Deputy Knight was.
“Very nice young man, always full of joy and laughter. If you met him you would never forget him, great smile, family man, just an all around gentleman,” says Captain Jones.