Scores of uniformed police officers are among hundreds filing into a New Orleans church, today, to say goodbye to Daryle Holloway, an officer who was shot to death while on duty last weekend.

Saturday’s viewing and memorial Mass is being held at St. Maria Goretti Church in eastern New Orleans at 11 a.m.  It comes a week after Holloway was fatally shot while transporting a prisoner.

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite and Police Chief Michael Harrison are among the dignitaries expected to speak at Holloway’s funeral.

Meanwhile, police continue to investigate how the handcuffed suspect could have gained access to a gun, shot Holloway and escaped.

Thirty-three-year-old Travis Boys was captured last Sunday and booked with first-degree murder in Holloway’s death.