Funeral particulars for a slain North Las Vegas police officer have been introduced Thursday.
Providers for officer Jason Roscow will likely be held at Central Church in Henderson at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13, the North Las Vegas Police Division introduced Thursday evening.
Central Church, a megachurch close to Interstate 11, also referred to as U.S. Freeway 95, and Russell Highway, has hosted quite a few police officer and firefighter funerals in recent times.
A procession may also start at Palm South Jones Mortuary, at 1600 South Jones Boulevard, in Las Vegas, police stated.
Police stated Wednesday that Roscow will likely be laid to relaxation in his hometown of Prairie du Rocher, Illinois, at a date to be decided.
Earlier Thursday evening, Roscow was remembered in a candlelight vigil attended by a whole bunch outdoors North Las Vegas Metropolis Corridor.
“Jason Roscow was a protector and a guardian of our neighborhood,” stated North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown on the vigil. “Daily, he answered the decision.”
Roscow, a father of two younger boys, was a 17-year veteran of the North Las Vegas division, police stated. He was killed Tuesday in a shootout with a person recognized as Alexander Mathis, 25, after officers responded to reviews of an individual pointing a gun at somebody simply earlier than 2:15 p.m. close to Lone Mountain Highway and Camino Al Norte, police stated.
Shot a number of instances by Mathis, Roscow additionally managed to return hearth. Roscow was taken to College Medical Heart, the place he died. Mathis additionally died.
Central Church was additionally the positioning of the funeral for Metropolitan Police Division officer Truong Thai, who was shot and killed on East Flamingo Highway close to UNLV in October 2022. Funerals for trooper Alberto Felix and Sgt. Michael Abbate, each of the Nevada Freeway Patrol, have been held there after Felix and Abbate have been killed by an impaired hit-and-run driver in November 2023.
Central Church is at 1001 New Beginnings Drive in Henderson.
Contact Brett Clarkson at bclarkson@reviewjournal.com
