WEBVTT DEPUTIES LEFT THEIR MARK IN OUR COMMUNITY. MARVIN WAITED UNTIL ALL WAS QUIET -- >> THIS IS MORE PEACEFUL. I KNEW DEPUTY KING WAY WHEN I WAS GETTING IN TROUBLE. LISA: THIS MULTIPLYING MEMORIAL SHOWS JUST HOW MANY LIVES TWO DEPUTIES TOUCHED. >> WE’RE DOING AS WELL AS TO BE EXPECTED FOR A TRAGEDY SUCH AS THIS. LISA FIRST RESPONDERS FROM THAT : DARK DAY NOW TAKING REQUIRED COUNSELING. >> IT HELPS US HEAL. LISA AS A CLOUD HOVERS OVER KCK. :A BROTHER, DEPUTY PATRICK ROHRER -- >> HE WAS A JOY TO BE AROUND. HE WAS A GOOD GUY. LISA AND SISTER. : DEPUTY THERESA KING. >> SHE WOULD GO BY ME AND SAY HEY MARVIN YOU WANT SOME WATER? IN FACT SHE GAVE ME AN ESCORT , ACROSS 7TH STREET BRIDGE. LISA KILLED ON WHAT SHOULD HAVE : BEEN A ROUTINE INMATE TRANSPORT. >> WHEN THEY’RE ARRESTED THEY’RE HERE THROUGH THE ENTIRE JUDICIAL PROCESS. LISA: TWO LOVING PARENTS.
Fallen deputies left mark on community with simple, kind acts
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Updated: 7:25 AM CDT Jun 19, 2018
A growing memorial shows just how many lives the two fallen deputies touched."She'd go by me and say, 'Hey Marvin, you want some water?'" said a man named, Marvin, who wanted to bid a quiet goodbye to Deputy Patrick Rohrer, 35, and Deputy Theresa King, 44."In fact, she gave me an escort across Seventh Street Bridge," Marvin said.Rohrer and King were mortally wounded Friday morning while preparing to transfer two inmates from the Wyandotte County Courthouse.A public visitation for King will be held at the Jack Reardon Center in Kansas City, Kan. on Wednesday. Officials said the Rohrer's family will not hold a public visitation. On Thursday, the funerals will be held at Children’s Mercy Park.The Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office will assist that day, so members of the department can attend the funerals.The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department suggests anyone wishing to make a monetary donation to the Theresa King Memorial Fund or the Patrick Rohrer Memorial Fund should visit a Great KC Public Safety Credit Union location: Main Branch 2800 E. 14th StreetKansas City, MO 64127-0020North Branch8320 North Brighton Kansas City, MO 64119 East Branch19341 E US 40 Hwy, Ste A Independence, MO 64055 South Branch9701 Marion Park Drive Kansas City, MO 64137 Overland Park Branch7721 W 123rd Street Overland Park, KS 66213
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A growing memorial shows just how many lives the two fallen deputies touched.
"She'd go by me and say, 'Hey Marvin, you want some water?'" said a man named, Marvin, who wanted to bid a quiet goodbye to Deputy Patrick Rohrer, 35, and Deputy Theresa King, 44.
"In fact, she gave me an escort across Seventh Street Bridge," Marvin said.
Rohrer and King were mortally wounded Friday morning while preparing to transfer two inmates from the Wyandotte County Courthouse.
A public visitation for King will be held at the Jack Reardon Center in Kansas City, Kan. on Wednesday. Officials said the Rohrer's family will not hold a public visitation.
On Thursday, the funerals will be held at Children’s Mercy Park.
The Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office, Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office will assist that day, so members of the department can attend the funerals.
The Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Department suggests anyone wishing to make a monetary donation to the Theresa King Memorial Fund or the Patrick Rohrer Memorial Fund should visit a Great KC Public Safety Credit Union location:
Main Branch
2800 E. 14th Street
Kansas City, MO 64127-0020
North Branch
8320 North Brighton
Kansas City, MO 64119
East Branch
19341 E US 40 Hwy, Ste A
Independence, MO 64055
South Branch
9701 Marion Park Drive
Kansas City, MO 64137
Overland Park Branch
7721 W 123rd Street
Overland Park, KS 66213
