Body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo to return to Hamilton today
Posted October 24, 2014 7:17 am.
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TORONTO (NEWS1130) – The body of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, gunned down in Ottawa this week, will be returned to his hometown of Hamilton via the Highway of Heroes today.
OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says a motorcade will be travelling down part of Highway 401 today, but he says exact details are still being worked out.
Military authorities are refusing to discuss the matter.
Cirillo, a reservist from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, is expected to be given a full regimental funeral.
The 24-year-old was shot dead as he and a colleague stood guard at the National War Memorial in Ottawa on Wednesday.The gunman was killed after he burst into the Centre Block on Parliament Hill.
