KENT, Wash. — Officials expect thousands of people to attend the memorial service for slain Washington State Patrol Trooper Tony Radulescu on Thursday in Kent, a 1 p.m. at the ShoWare Center.
The state Patrol says a procession of law enforcement and emergency services personnel who worked with Radulescu will begin at 7:30 at the Kitsap Mall in Silverdale. It will travel through Port Orchard and meet with other law enforcement personnel staging at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. They'll join with the family procession from the funeral home in Lakewood and head to Kent.
Radulescu was shot Feb. 23 near Gorst by a driver who later took his own life. Six people have been charged with rendering criminal assistance.
Here's the route published by the Washington State Patrol:
Thursday morning’s procession to honor fallen Washington State Patrol Trooper Tony Radulescu will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Kitsap Mall in Silverdale.
The procession will be led by Trooper Radulescu’s colleagues from the local State Patrol district office, followed by other law enforcement and emergency services personnel from Kitsap and neighboring counties.
The route will move onto SR 3 and then travel through the city of Port Orchard where Tony worked and lived.
The initial route is expected to be:
- Exit Kitsap Mall to SR 3;
- Southbound SR 3 to Gorst/SR 16 Interchange;
- Exit to Bay Street (SR 166) just south of Gorst;
- Travel through the City of Port Orchard along Bay Street;
- Turn left on Port Orchard Boulevard;
- Right onto Tremont Street West and back onto SR 16.
The procession will continue on SR 16 eastbound to I-5 and south to SR 512. They will meet up with additional law enforcement personnel staged just off 112th St. on Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) property.
The route for the family procession will leave Mountain View Funeral Home on Steilacoom Blvd, Lakewood at approximately 10:30 a.m. They will rendezvous with those staged at JBLM on SR 512 and proceed to the ShoWare Center in Kent and arrive at approximately 11:15 a.m.
The final leg of the procession route:
- Leave Mountain View Funeral Home onto Steilacoom Boulevard.
- Left on South Tacoma Way
- Left on SR 512 East
- To SR 167 North
- Exit onto SR 516 to West Willis Street
- Left onto 4th Ave. south
- Left onto West James Street
- Arrive at front of ShoWare Center on West James Street.
There will be no procession following the service.
For the public’s safety, please do not to stop on I-5, SR 512 or SR 167 during the procession.
