It chokes me up, its heart breaking. Its the story of a heart breaking traj by. Youre watching a chp escort killed on christmas eve. Officer andrew camilierri leaves behind a wife and three young children. The suspect too badly hurt to be booked into jail yet. Fellow officersess courtsed his flag draped casket Law Enforcement officers and members of the public paused on overpasses to salute the hearse. Laura anthony begins our Team Coverage tonight live in livermore, where one poignant tribute was staged. Laura . Just one of many, as it turns out. There were tributes on overpasses, like the one im standing on. A lot of regular citizens, many of them holding flags. Also firefighters and Police Officers, all of them standing at attention. Its the final journey for a young man who devoted his life to try to make bay area roadways safe for everyone else. In officer camilierris case, being on the highways he patrolled cost him his life. Someone suspected of being under the influence. Along
These children need their father, and my friend needs her husband. Tonight, heartbreak, disbelief and respect during a final salute to a chp officer whose life short in an instant. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim in for ama daetz. Family, both blood and blue, paid tribute to fallen chp officer Andrew Camilleri tonight. Sky 7 shows us his procession that started in oakland and ended in tracy, where camilleri lived with his family. The rookie chp officer died in the line of duty in a traffic crash late sunday night, Christmas Eve. There was a huge turnout tonight to honor his memory and pay tribute to his sacrifice. Abc 7 News Reporter carlos sausedo has the emotional story from tracy. Reporter whether youre in uniform our in plain clothes, you could hear the heartache from the large crowd gathered in tracy. I didnt know the guy. I just feel for him and his family. Reporter the loss unbearable for both strangers and friends of chp officer Andrew Camilleri. We all attended th
Officers, all of them standing at attention. Its the final journey for a young man who devoted his life to try to make bay area roadways safe for everyone else. In officer camilierris case, being on the highways he patrolled cost him his life. Someone suspected of being under the influence. Along the way, law enforcement, firefighters and regular citizens stopped to pay their respects. And say a final goodbye to officer camilierri. Its one of the things i saw on Facebook Christmas morning. Im at home opening my presents with my kids and their dads not coming home that day. His body was given the full Police Escort as it travelled to tracy, where the 33yearold grew up and his family still lives. Camilierri was a young father with three children, and just over one year on the job. My son who looks up to people in uniform all the time, i wanted him to see that these guys risk their lives every day, we must honor them when they do die. Once the procession ended, his body was taken to a loc
These children need their father, and my friend needs her husband. Tonight, heartbreak, disbelief and respect during a final salute to a chp officer whose life was cut short in an instant. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim in for ama daetz. Family, both blood and blue, paid tribute to fallen chp officer Andrew Camilleri tonight. Sky 7 shows us his procession that started in oakland and ended in tracy, where camilleri lived with his family. The rookie chp officer died in the line of duty in a traffic crash late sunday night, Christmas Eve. There was a huge turnout tonight to honor his memory and pay tribute to his sacrifice. Abc 7 News Reporter carlos sausedo has the emotional story from tracy. Reporter whether youre in uniform our in plain clothes, you could hear the heartache from the large crowd gathered in tracy. I didnt know the guy. I just feel for him and his family. Reporter the loss unbearable for both strangers and friends of chp officer Andrew Camilleri. We all att
Sausedo has the emotional story from tracy. Reporter whether youre in uniform our in plain clothes, you could hear the heartache from the large crowd gathered in tracy. I didnt know the guy. I just feel for him and his family. Reporter the loss unbearable for both strangers and friends of chp officer andrew camilleri. We all attended the same church. And at one time andrew was a youth leader and he mentored our son. Reporter liz chavez and her family wanted to honor the man who gave so much to them. Now they want to be there for the wife and three kids he leaves behind. Being a wife and a mother myself, i cant imagine. I cannot imagine what my friend is going through. Reporter camilleri was a leader not just on the highways but at his church. Faith was i think the most important thing to andrew. Reporter camilleri played bass guitar on the worship team at Mission City Church and ministered to others. He really followed his dream to become a chp officer, and it was more than a career. I