he arrived at cassell coliseum yum embraced by the family. the lot was filled with squad cars from as far away as buffalo, new york. all there to support the family and the virginia tech community. >> we are all family and try to be there for each other. there's been quite a few of these. we try to be there for our brothers and sisters. >> reporter: across from the coliseum, flowers and notes lay where he was ambushed by a young gunman who later killed himself. inside the coliseum, the service was a celebration of his life. governor bob mcdonnell remembered the army vet who served in iraq before he took the job protecting virginia tech students. >> deriek crouse was a public serva servant, a warrior, a police officer, a great father, husband, son, brother, stepfather, friend and fellow law enforcement officer. >> reporter: one of his fellow officers remembered a fun-loving prankster who was a loyal friend. >> i am proud to say i knew deriek crouse and he was my friend. he will truly be missed and never forgotten. we all love you. thank you fo

there will be service tomorrow at virginia tech's cassell coliseum from noon until 2:00. crouse leaves behind his wife tina, 16-year-old son dustin and four step sons. >>> fired assistant state football coach joe paterno has another problem to deal with. he fell and broke his pelvis in his home yesterday. he will recover without surgery. paterno is undergoing chemo and radiation for lung cancer. >>> republicans and democrats are going head to head over plans to extend the payroll tax cut, this as the gop wants to include as part of the bill the construction of a pipeline from canada to texas. fox's steve santani explains what's on the line. reporter: congress' time is run being out, but the two sides -- running out, but the two sides have very different ideas how to go forward. republicans want to tie extension of the tax cut to the keystone pipeline from canada to texas. republicans say it will be a big boost for the economy and construction needs to go forward. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell may use that pipeline as a bargaining chip. >> we have the keystone p

arrived at cassell coliseum, embraced by the law enforcement family. the lot was filled with squad cars from as far away as buffalo, new york. they were all there to support the family and the virginia tech community. >> just to show our support from the different agencies and how close we are as a family. law enforcement. i mean it hurts for all of us when this happens. you never know if it will be us. >> reporter: inside, the service was a celebration of his life along with the sorrow of his loss. governor bob mcdonnell remembered him. his sacrifice came not on the battlefield, but on a college c campus. >> deriek crouse was a public servant, a warrior, a police officer and yes, a great father, husband, son, brother, stepfather, friend and fellow law enforcement officer. >> reporter: thousands of students came to the service many dressed in tech color determined to show the virginia tech community stands together in tragedy. >> every day, they sacrifice to keep us safe. it's the least we can do to support them. >> reporter: after the service, thousan

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police zayed just after 12:00 the 39-year-old stopped a car in the cassell coliseum parking lot. then officers say a separate man, not connected to the stopped car, shot and killed officer crouse while he was sitting in his campus police car. >> i feel really bad. all our hearts are out to them and praying for them. >> the individual involved in this shooting incident fled the crime scene in the direction of a second crime scene that was located near the "i" lot, which is near the duck pond. >> that parking lot is also known as the cage. around 1:00 the officer found the suspect shot and killed. police say they found a gun near him. it is important to point out that authorities are telling us they did not fire the shot. so it's unclear whether the suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. law enforcement officials believe this suspect stole a car from radford, virginia. however, they don't know if this car is somehow related to what happened yesterday. they're still trying to piece together the dots, trying to figure out exactly what happened. it is important to point out

there will be a service tomorrow at virginia tech's cassell coliseum from noon until 2:00 in. an interview his family talked about what an amazing person he was. >> he was an amazing father to his son dustin and his son simply idolized him and he was a very good father to us, stepfather to the other boys in the family. >> it really hasn't set in yet. you see his picture on tv. you feel so broad him and everything he accomplished. -- proud of him and everything he accomplished. >> crouse leaves behind his wife tina, 16-year-old son dustin and four stepsons. >>> this tuesday accused pedophile jerry sandusky heads to court for a preliminary hearing in pennsylvania. the former penn state assistant coach is facing 52 counts of allegedly molesting eight boys over 15 years. a judge will determine if there is enough evidence to take his case to trial. joining me now with more on what we can expect is defense attorney bernie grimm. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you. >> so far sandusky's tonio amendola has taken what can -- attorney joseph amendola has taken what can be

officer crouse had pulled over a driver in a parking lot on the campus near mccomas hall, cassell coliseum and lane stadium. e shooter shot crouse at clo range while he was in his vehicle. crouse did not have time to return fire. the gunman was found a short time later in another parking lot. police chief wendell flinchum: >> from what you've heard, read, crouse described as swat officer, received awards. derek more than that, was a friend to many of our department, husband, father. police officers develop close bonds, tremendous loss to our department. >> reporter: heavily armed officers from local, state and federal agencies again swarmed campus and locked it down for hours. today, there was a sense of bewilderment. george russell is a vice president emeritus for alumni relations at virginia tech. >> your heart sinks. it is hard to talk about it. we really were afraid more people might be hurt and it reminded us so much what happened back in april 2007. >> reporter: on april 16, 2007, a student named seung hui cho murdered 32 people over the course of several hours, then shot himself. in

thursday after 9:00, the campus police officer made a stop in the cassell coliseum parking lot. then a separate man, who was not affiliated with the stopped car, shot and killed officer crouse while he was sitting in his police car. >> it's heartbreaking. we're all just distraught about it all. >> our hearts are broken again for the family of our police officer, and we extend our deepest sympathy and condolences. >> reporter: now, around 1:00 yesterday police saw a suspect in the parking lot. they say that he was -- moments later, they found him shot and killed. police said they found a gun near him, but he did not fire the shot. they say it's not clear whether he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. police did not release the name of the shooter. they're checking to see if he had come in contact with officer crouse perhaps in the past. this morning exams have been suspended here at virginia tech. many of the students are just grieving over this loss. live here from virginia tech in blacksburg, another live update for you at 5:30. back to you. >> all right, shimari, thanks

a funeral service will be held at 2:00 at virginia tech cassell coliseum. we will have live coverage of the service on nbc washington nonstop. >>> the gunman's family is offering its condolences and prayers to officer crouse's loved one of u ones. in a signed statement they ask their their privacy be respected and said there would be no additional statements. virginia state police investigators are attempting to determine a motive for thursday's shooting. >>> today protesters from the occupy movement are planning to shut down all of the ports on the west coast. they are planningself rl blockades in port cities. blockades are set to be the most dramatic protests since police shut down several camps. a spokesman for the california truckers association says that it is the 99% who will feel the pain of the day's blockades. >>> turning to the weather now, very cold start to the day. we had out there. any changes coming? warm up a little bit? >> yeah. it is better. it was a cold start this morning. temperatures in many locations were down into the teens and many