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Thousands of officers have turned out for the funeral of a New York Police Department officer slain on patrol.

The officers lined rain-swept streets for blocks on Wednesday outside a Queens church where family and friends gathered to pay tribute to Officer Randolph Holder.

Holder, a five-year veteran, was killed Oct. 20 while responding to a report of shots fired and a bicycle stolen at gunpoint in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood. Authorities have accused Tyrone Howard of hopping off the stolen bicycle and shooting Holder in the head. His attorney has said there are missing details in the case.

The 33-year-old Holder is from Guyana. He’s to be buried there later this week.

(AP)