Hundreds Gather in Colorado Springs to Honor Slain Colorado Prisons’ Chief

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Corrections' officials and guards from as far away as Morocco are among the hundreds of people honoring the Colorado prisons' chief killed last week.

Those honoring Tom Clements at a memorial service in Colorado Springs today include 39 current and former corrections' chiefs as well as guards from 14 states. Gov. John Hickenlooper, state lawmakers and U.S. Attorney John Walsh are also there.

Evan Spencer Ebel is a suspect. He was killed Thursday in a gunfight with Texas authorities.