As the wife and fam­i­ly of Jamie Walk­er bade him a fi­nal farewell yes­ter­day, they promised him to fight for jus­tice.

Walk­er, an ex-sol­dier, was shot dead by an off-du­ty po­lice­man in full view of his chil­dren dur­ing an ar­gu­ment over a park­ing spot in front of a su­per­mar­ket in Co­coyea, San Fer­nan­do on Oc­to­ber 7.

Dur­ing the ser­vice at JE Guide Fu­ner­al Home in San Fer­nan­do yes­ter­day, Walk­er’s daugh­ter re­cit­ed a song for him.

Walk­er’s wid­ow Heather Ce­de­no-Walk­er told mourn­ers that she nev­er thought she would be go­ing through this or­deal with four chil­dren.

De­scrib­ing her hus­band as a li­on and brave, she said he al­ways en­cour­aged her to be strong and fear­less and that is how she in­tends to be, es­pe­cial­ly for her chil­dren.

How­ev­er, she said they are hurt­ing.

“On­ly God knows the pain, the hurt, my­self, my kids we are go­ing through. But, I know God is go­ing to see us through.”

The wid­ow said her daugh­ter has been cry­ing and ex­pe­ri­enc­ing fever and headaches. She said her son al­so is hav­ing a dif­fi­cult time cop­ing with his fa­ther’s death.

“He say Mum­my how we go­ing to deal with this. I can’t see my dad­dy in a cof­fin.”

Ce­de­no-Walk­er said she too has dif­fi­cul­ty sleep­ing and has flash­backs of the in­ci­dent.

Ce­de­no-Walk­er thanked her hus­band’s for­mer com­rades in the army, her fam­i­ly and friends for their sup­port as she re­called the trau­mat­ic events.

“The chil­dren want­ed some­thing (to eat) and we did not do any­thing wrong. I know jus­tice will pre­vail. God is go­ing to see us through, is a bat­tle, is a war­fare prob­a­bly me and my fam­i­ly are go­ing through, but I thank God I could stand strong to­day and not give in.”

While her loved ones have ex­pressed con­cern for her and her son’s safe­ty as wit­ness­es to the in­ci­dent, she said, “I am brave. I am fear­less. I have to go out to work, I have things to do and I am go­ing with­out fear. I am not afraid of no po­lice­man, no gun­man be­cause I know who my God is, I serve a re­al God, a Mighty God and he is go­ing to see me through, my fam­i­ly through.”

Ce­de­no-Walk­er’s sis­ter who al­so spoke at the fu­ner­al said jus­tice must be served.

“I would like to say to that po­lice of­fi­cer you are for­giv­en for what you have done be­cause you do not know God. But, be­cause we know God we know where our sal­va­tion lies with Him and these four chil­dren that you left be­hind fa­ther­less, God is in con­trol and he will do what He has to do,” she said.

Walk­er’s el­dest sis­ter said even in death peo­ple are still ral­ly­ing be­hind her broth­er.

“He has got a na­tion that is ad­vo­cat­ing for him not just in Trinidad but back in the US.”

She de­scribed him as a gen­tle gi­ant, a man who was strong.

“My heart is bro­ken. It’s a pain that I can’t even take med­i­cine for. You will al­ways be in my heart,” she cried.