By Katherine Hafner

The Virginian-Pilot

A photo of a Virginia state trooper who stopped traffic on Interstate 64 to salute a funeral procession for a fallen Virginia Beach sheriff's deputy has garnered more than 12,500 Facebook shares.



(Facebook Image)

Julie Armstrong of Chesapeake on Tuesday afternoon.

The funeral was for Joseph "J.J." DellaVecchio Jr., a longtime member of the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office and former state trooper who died last week, according to reports.

"What a terrific salute to a fallen officer," Armstrong said in her post.

By Thursday evening, the post had 12,585 shares.

Copyright 2015 The Virginian-Pilot