DECATUR â For nearly two hours, the scene along Oakland Avenue was somber, but filled with conversation among those who gathered to pay their respects for fallen police officer Chris Oberheim upon his final return home.
But the crowds grew silent as the first sign of the procession appeared over the slight hill on the north end of the roadway. Â
Champaign Police Officer Chris Oberheim
One of those standing across the street from Graceland Fairlawn Funeral Home was Adam DeJaynes, who grew up playing baseball with or against Oberheim before they both graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in 1994.
Adam DeJaynes was among those Oakland Avenue in Decatur on Thursday afternoon to pay their respects to fallen Champaign Police Officer Christopher Oberheim. Oberheim, a Decatur native, was fatally shot Wednesday after responding to a report of a domestic situation.