Governor orders flags lowered for slain Detroit officer

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has ordered flags to be lowered to honor a Detroit police officer killed in the line of duty.

The governor's office says in a release that U.S. and Michigan flags will be lowered to half-staff Friday on all state buildings and within the state Capitol complex for Wayne State University Police Officer Collin Rose.

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He was shot Nov. 22 as he tried to arrest DeAngelo Davis and died the next day. Davis faces murder and gun charges.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Thursday in suburban Detroit. Visitation was held Wednesday at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions.

Snyder says Rose, a canine officer, "dedicated his life to protecting" people and "was well-respected by his colleagues and the communities he served."