SULLIVAN COUNTY, TN (KRON/WJHL) – A line of black vehicles rolled through a Tennessee highway as part of an escort transporting the bodies of Marines killed in Thursday’s shooting rampage in Chattanooga.
A Tennessee Highway Patrol spokesman confirmed Friday morning that state troopers took part in a multiple vehicle convoy carrying the shooting victims.
Highway Patrol Lt. Bill Miller said the troopers were escorting the bodies up Interstate 81 to the Virginia state line, where Virginia State Police troopers were then set to take over the escort.
News Channel 11 crews spotted the convoy traveling through the Tri-Cities area of Virginia Friday morning, but there is no word on what the convoy’s final destination is.
The Marine Corps has identified the four men killed in an attack.
They were identified Friday by the Marines as Gunnery Sgt. Thomas J. Sullivan of Hampden, Massachusetts; Staff Sgt. David A. Wyatt of Burke, North Carolina; Sgt. Carson A. Holmquist of Polk, Wisconsin; and Lance Cpl. Squire K. Wells of Cobb County, Georgia, who a family spokesman says went by “Skip.”