Charlotte officer killed in line of duty remembered in memorial as man who'd give the 'shirt from his back'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Officer Joshua Eyer was honored Friday with a procession and memorial in downtown Charlotte.

"What a beautiful experience it has been to see this community come together in support of the ones who chose every day to protect us, even though most of us don't deserve it," Charlie Sardelli, Eyer's best friend of 15 years, said during the slain officer's memorial service.

Eyer — a husband and father to a one-year-old son — was one...