Overview
- Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 17 at 10 a.m. at the Cadence Bank Center in Belton with full police honors, and a community vigil is planned for 6 p.m. at Ogletree Gap Preserve.
- On Tuesday, fellow officers escorted Garretson’s body into Copperas Cove to Crawford Bowers Funeral Home as residents were invited to pay respects along the route.
- Garretson, 27, was fatally shot Jan. 10 near Great Hills Drive and Lost Trail during an attempt to apprehend a fugitive, and the Texas Rangers are conducting the investigation.
- Police later located a suspect who died from a self-inflicted gunshot after a negotiation; State Sen. Pete Flores identified him as 26-year-old Jamison Cavazos and said two pistols were recovered.
- A New Hampshire native and seven-year U.S. Army cavalry scout who joined Copperas Cove police in 2025, Garretson is survived by his wife and 5-year-old daughter as tributes grow at police headquarters.