PITTSBURGH -- The United States Honor Flag was flown to Pittsburgh Wednesday to be displayed at the City-County Building downtown, where three fallen police officers lie in repose.
U.S. Honor Flag Flown To Pittsburgh For Officers' MemorialThe flag arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport on an American Airlines flight from Miami at about 1:30 p.m.
Pilot Jeroen van Wagenberg delivered the flag in a black briefcase to married Pittsburgh Police Officers Evan and Patricia Melendez, who were waiting for it at the Allegheny County Police station in the airport.
With a police escort, the Melendezes drove the flag to the City-County Building and raised it in honor of Officers Eric Kelly, Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo II.
The public is encouraged to pay respects at the City-County Building from 4 p.m. Wednesday until 10 a.m. Thursday, when the process of moving the caskets to the Petersen Events Center for a memorial service will begin.
Kelly, Mayhle and Sciullo were shot to death while responding to a domestic call Saturday in Stanton Heights. The suspect, 22-year-old Richard Poplawski, is being held in the county jail on homicide charges.
When the Honor Flag is at rest, it's kept at the Miami-Dade Police Department.
More: Honor Flag Web Site
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