A procession will be held Wednesday morning to honor Cooper Dawson, the first Greenville police officer to die in line of duty in over a century. The Greenville Police Department announced that the procession will enter the city — located around 50 miles northeast of Dallas in Hunt County — on Highway 380 at around 10:30 a.

Greenville Police Officer Cooper Dawson was killed in the line of duty Monday night, the department's first line of duty death in over a century.

Cooper Dawson, a 28-year-old North Texas police officer, was fatally shot following a traffic stop Monday night.

GREENVILLE, Texas — A procession will honor the memory of fallen Greenville police officer Cooper Dawson on Wednesday. Dawson died Tuesday morning after he was shot while pursuing a suspect Monday night, the department confirmed.

A police officer and a suspect shot each other in an exchange of gunfire, according to the Greenville Police Department. Officer Cooper Dawson died at the hospital.

A Texas police officer tragically died in the line of duty while pursuing a suspect following a routine traffic stop on Monday night. According to a Facebook post from the Greenville Police Department,

The Greenville Police Department in Hunt County is grieving the loss of a fellow officer. Officer Cooper Dawson was killed in the line of duty overnight. Police said he was ambushed by a suspect he was chasing.

The shooting death of Officer Cooper Dawson is the first line-of-duty death for Greenville PD in more than 100 years. Investigators say he was shot and killed during a chase and "ambush attack."