Funeral services for a Greenville police officer gunned down Monday while in a foot chase are being finalized, the department says. Meanwhile, a memorial continues to grow outside of the police station.

As Greenville and all of North Texas mourns fallen Greenville Police Officer Cooper Dawson, CBS News Texas' sat down with someone who knew Dawson before he ever put on the badge.

A day after Cooper Dawson died from his injuries, hundreds of people paid tribute to the first Greenville police officer killed in the line of duty in over a century. Dawson died early Tuesday morning at Medical City Plano after being shot while chasing a suspect,