Video: Funeral service for Skagit Co. deputy

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BURLINGTON, Wash. - Thousands of people gathered Tuesday to remember a Skagit County sheriff's deputy who was killed in last week's shooting rampage.

Officers standing at attention lined the driveway as the hearse carrying Deputy Anne Jackson made its way toward the Burlington Edison High School football field, where the service was held. Law enforcement officials from across the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia attended.

Gov. Chris Gregoire had planned to attend, but she was held up on the East Coast when her flight was delayed. First Gentleman Mike Gregoire and Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste attended the service.

At the service, Batiste spoke on the governor's behalf.

"Anne was the best that our state and that our world has to offer," Gov. Gregoire wrote. "Not only was she a dedicated law enforcement officer, she was a helper, a helper of people, a helper of her community, and a helper of any and all animals that crossed her path."

Skagit County Sheriff Richard Grimstead called Jackson's death "a tremendous loss to our family, to our community, to her friends and to her family."

"AJ was a warrior in the truest sense, she fought fiercely for herself and the citizens whom she sworn to protect and serve," said Sgt. Annette Lindquist.

Jackson became a deputy in 2005 and had previously worked three years as an animal control officer. She was not married and had no children, but loved her animals.

Jackson was responding to a disturbance call Sept. 2 when, investigators say, she was shot and killed by Isaac Zamora in the town of Alger. Zamora is also accused of killing five other people.

Twenty-eight-year-old Isaac Zamora has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and four counts of first-degree assault. He is jailed in lieu of $5 million bail.

In lieu of flowers, Jackson's family requests that donations be made to one of the following charities: the U.S. Pony Club, Concerns of Police Survivors, the 10-99 Foundation, the Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation or the Skagit Valley Humane Society.