ROSWELL, Ga. - State leaders went big on the way they are honoring fallen Roswell Police Officer Jeremy Labonte.

One of the state’s busiest interchanges, Georgia 400 and Holcomb Bridge Road, now has a new name: Officer Jeremy Labonte Memorial Interchange.

What we know:

The family of fallen Roswell Police Officer Labonte took in one of the new signs that honors his life.

They gathered near the newly renamed interchange about an hour after its official dedication.

It has been slightly more than six months since he was shot and killed while responding to reports of a suspicious person.

It happened at a shopping center on Market Boulevard on February 7th.

Just weeks after Officer Labonte’s death, the state legislature approved the renaming.

What they're saying:

"It has been overwhe

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