DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. —  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered flags at the Daytona Beach Police Department, Daytona Beach City Hall and Volusia County Courthouse lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday to honor fallen Daytona Beach Police Officer Jason Raynor.

Raynor, 26, died on Tuesday from injuries caused when he was shot in the head while he was on patrol.

A viewing for family and Daytona Beach police officers is scheduled for Sunday, and Raynor's funeral is scheduled for Monday, but both events are closed to the public.

On Thursday, the Daytona Beach Police Department paid tribute to Raynor with a public wreath-laying ceremony at police headquarters.

Uniformed officers turned out in force, and Raynor’s photo was on display in front of the patrol car that he was driving the night he was shot.

Police Chief Jakari Young’s voice filled with emotion as he started the ceremony by paying tribute to the fallen officer.

“Everybody is trying to be strong for each other we, are literally holding each other up and we are just doing our best just to make it through this, because we believe that is what our fallen brother would have wanted,” said Young. 

With “Amazing Grace” playing in the background, two officers carried a large white wreath bearing a ribbon with “Ofc. Jason Raynor” written on it across the front of police headquarters and set it down in front of Raynor's patrol car. Officers stood and saluted in tribute to Raynor.

Community members share the burden of that grief. Many left tokens of support on the hood of Raynor’s cruiser. Among them was a veteran, who called herself “Navy Mom Mary”. She left a flag plaque bearing the Officer's Prayer.

“It tore my heart out, tore my heart out that a cop had to be shot — for what?" said Mary, in tears." For what reason, just because he is a cop, really? No no, it's got to stop, it's gotta stop in this country.”

Mary said she can't imagine the pain the Raynor family is in and she hopes they can find peace. 

Young assured the crowd that Raynor will never be forgotten. 

“A true hero and a true public servant. That is how I would like him remembered," said Young.

The Chief shared that they will leave this memorial to Raynor outside until after his funeral— which is scheduled for this Monday at 11 a.m. in Daytona Beach.

Before he passed away Tuesday, Raynor had been fighting for his life in the hospital since he was shot June 23, when the officer approached a man in a vehicle near Kingston Avenue and asked him if he lived nearby, according to bodycam footage released by police. 

The man in the car, later identified by investigators as Othal Toreyane Resheen Wallace, 29, can be seen getting agitated in the video before struggling with Raynor. It was during the struggle that a gunshot could be heard.

Wallace was taken into custody three days later in a treehouse on a Georgia property outside of Atlanta, officials said.

Wallace had been charged with attempted first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer with a firearm. Wallace's charges were upgraded to first-degree murder after Raynor's death, and on Wednesday, state attorney RJ Larizza said he would seek the death penalty.