As many await answers about the fatal shooting of WakeMed police officer Roger Smith, memories of his kindness and service have filled the halls and the town he once patrolled.
“He will be remembered for his compassion, his dedication to others, his kind smile, his friendship and his heroism,” reads a post by WakeMed Health & Hospitals’ Facebook page.
Smith, whose local law enforcement service goes back three decades, died at the WakeMed campus in Garner after a shooting inside the emergency department’s lobby on Saturday morning. Staff who were nearby on Saturday described Smith “as a hero” and his actions “likely prevented further loss of life,” according to the Garner Police Department…