SULLIVAN, IN (CNN) – On Monday, a slain officer's son got a big show of support on his first day back to school since he lost his dad.
Seventy Terre Haute Police officers and Vigo County Sheriff's Deputies waited for five-year-old Dakota Pitts when he arrived at school
He wore his father's badge and was presented a SWAT shirt.
Officer Rob Pitts was killed last week in a shootout during a three-hour standoff.
He was 45-years-old.
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