capoot once served with the marines and had been on the vallejo police force for the last 19 years. we begin tonight with amber lee and tonight s outpouring of sadness and grief, amber. reporter: mike people have been stopping here at police headquarters all night leaving flowers, candles and a balloon to pay tribute to the fallen officer. we ve learned that officer jim capoot loved people in this community and reached out to them in a way that makes this loss deeply painful. around 6:30 tonight at kaiser hospital in vallejo, the body of officer capoot was taken away in a flag draped casket. a somber salute to a man who served the police department for 19 years. y ears. fellow officered were lined up and tried to console each other over this devastating loss. not far from the hospital, students at vallejo hospital received the news about capoot death. the officer had led their women s basketball team. students told us capoot s impact was great he was much more than a coach.