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Thousands Attend Funeral for Slain Bowie State Student
The Bowie State University student fatally stabbed just days before his graduation was remembered Friday as an "outstanding" man who wanted to follow in his father's footsteps.
Thousands of people attended the funeral for 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III at the First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Upper Marlboro.
Rev. Darryl Godlock, a spokesman for Collins's family, described the 23-year-old as an "outstanding" and "highly intelligent" man who wanted to follow in his father's footsteps in the military.
Collins' father saluted his son's casket.
Collins' father told NBC News he was in shock.
"I'm in no place to feel very many emotions beside sadness and just a deep sense of personal loss," he said.