VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Clark County sheriff’s detective who was fatally shot Friday was promoted to honorary sergeant.

Clark County Sheriff Chuck Atkins made the announcement about 46-year-old Detective Jeremy Brown at a news conference Monday.

Brown — a 15-year veteran of the sheriff’s office and detective with the Clark-Vancouver Drug Task Force — was fatally shot Friday evening while conducting surveillance on a group of people at an east Vancouver apartment complex.

He was a military police officer in the Marine Corps from 1993 to 1995. All 3 suspects in the killing of the detective are in custody.