August 28, 2016 at 1:17 p.m.
| Updated August 28, 2016 at 1:30 p.m.
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Associated Press
Maryville Police Department Detective John Foley, right, hugs Blount County Sheriff's Office investigators Andy Waters, center, and Joey Parton after the body of slain police officer Kenny Moats passed in a procession Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Maryville, Tenn. The nine-year veteran officer was killed Thursday after he was shot while answering a domestic violence call. Brian Keith Stalans, 44, was taken into custody after the shooting and is being held for investigation pending charges that will likely be placed Friday, according to the Blount County Sheriff's Office. (Amy Smotherman Burgess/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Services are set for a Tennessee police officer who was fatally shot last week.
The city of Maryville says in a news release that the funeral for 32-year-old Maryville Officer Kenny Moats will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Sevier Heights Baptist Church in Knoxville. A visitation at the church will be held starting at 4 p.m.
The statement says a police procession is set to start at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday. It will travel from Smith Mortuary to Keeble Chapel Cemetery in Walland, where a private graveside service will be held at 11 a.m.
Moats was shot in the neck just above his bullet-proof vest while taking cover behind his vehicle Thursday outside a Maryville home. A suspect is charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault.
