Family, friends and law enforcement come together to remember Ned Byrd

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BEGINNING AT 4.30.

>> A NIGHT OF REMEMBRANCE FOR

WAKE COUNTY DEPUTY. DOZENS OF

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TOOK

PART IN A VISITATION FOR DEPUTY

NED BYRD. THE GATHERING TOOK

PLACE THE SAME DAY. A MAN WAS

CHARGED WITH HIS MURDER.

THE BUREAU'S AARON THOMAS IS

LIVE OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE BAPTIST

CHURCH. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL

BE HELD TOMORROW MORNING.

AARON. THE NEWS MUST HAVE BEEN

BITTERSWEET TODAY.

>> MOST CERTAINLY JORDAN FACT

THIS PARKING LOT THAT WE'RE

STANDING IN RIGHT NOW. WE'RE

EXPECTING IT THE PRETTY FULL

WITH PATROL CARS AND OTHER

FOLKS COMING TO PAY THEIR FINAL

RESPECTS FOR THIS FALLEN

DEPUTY. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT

HAS BEEN AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED

DAY FOR MANY FOLKS. SOME OF

THOSE DEPUTIES MAKING THEIR WAY

OVER TO THE COURT APPEARANCE

FOR THIS CHARGE. SUSPECT ALSO

GOING TO THE VISITATION HOURS

LATER.

>> A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY TORN

BY TRAGEDY AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM

TRICKLED INTO MITCHELL FUNERAL

HOME FOR VISITATION SERVICES

HONORING WEEK DEPUTY DEAD BIRD,

LONGTIME FRIEND RYAN SCHMIDT.

AMONG THE MANY IN ATTENDANCE.

>> SOME OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES

ARE JUST, YOU KNOW, SMALL

LITTLE MOMENTS THAT.

I GET TO EXPERIENCE OR, YOU

KNOW, YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO

SEE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WHEN

YOU LIVE WITH SOMEBODY DAY IN

AND DAY OUT FOR, YOU KNOW,

SEVERAL YEARS, HIS FRIEND AND

FELLOW OFFICERS TOLD ME HE WAS

A GENUINE MAN WITH THE KIND

HEART.

>> DEPUTY BYRD MOST REMEMBERED

FOR THE BOND SHARED WITH HIS

CANINE SASHA. THE OPPONENT.

>> BRAD KIRBY KNOWS FIRSTHAND

WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A CANINE

HANDLER. HERE HE IS WITH HIS

FORMER PARTNER DREYFUS.

>> WHEN HE WAS A SERGEANT WITH

DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

KIRBY ADMIRES HOW DEPUTY BYRD'S

DOG WAS RIGHT BY HIS SIDE EVERY

DAY UNTIL SOMEONE TOOK HIS LIFE

AS SHE WAS IN THE PATROL CAR.

HE WONDERS IF SHE'LL BE ABLE TO

GET BACK TO WORK.

>> THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING

WITHOUT US AND WE CAN THE JOB

WITHOUT THEM.

TO DEPEND ON EACH OTHER.

SO MUCH. FORMER DETECTIVE LINDY

LA CAUSING RUNS BACK THE BLUE

IN SEA ORGANIZATION THAT

ESTABLISHES FUNDRAISERS TO HELP

WITH FUNERAL IN ESTATE PLANNING

FOR FALLEN OFFICERS AND

DEPUTIES.

>> SHE SAYS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR

HER TO MAKE HER PRESENCE KNOWN

FOR DEPUTY BYRD. I WANT TO GO

AND HONOR HIS LIFE AND HIS

LEGACY AND PAY TRIBUTE TO A

SACRIFICE.

>> NOW THE MAN CHARGED WITH

MURDERING THIS DEPUTY ARTURO

MARINES THAT HELLO MAKE HIS

FIRST COURT APPEARANCE TODAY.

WAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

LAUREN FREEMAN SAYS IT WILL

TAKE 90 DAYS TO SEE IF HER

OFFICE WILL PURSUE THE DEATH