A memorial is building in Kitsap County to honor the state trooper killed during a traffic stop on Thursday, as people throughout the state are coming to grips with his death.

The memorial for trooper Tony Radulsecu, who lived in Bremerton, has grown rapidly, built by those touched by a sense of loss.

Visitors laid flowers under Radulsecu’s picture, many wiping away tears.  Others left notes. One said 'God Bless the WSP.'  

Most of the people who stopped by the memorial at WSP district 8 headquarters, where the trooper was based, said they never knew the trooper, but teacher Vicky Webb said that on the heels of the accidental shooting of an elementary student this week, the loss has hit the Bremerton community hard.

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"We're grieving.  Our community is sad.  We have other violence in our community, and as a teacher, the situation in Bremerton also touches all of us,” said Webb.

Planning is under way for the memorial service for Trooper Radulescu.  The State Patrol said on Friday that the service will be conducted in accordance with his family's wishes and that details will be released when plans are determined.

A donation account has been opened in Trooper Radulescu's name, to assist his family. Donations to the "Anthony Radulescu Memorial Fund" may be made at any Key Bank.

Flowers and other expressions of appreciation for Trooper Radulescu's life are welcome at the State Patrol District Headquarters at 4811 Werner Road in Bremerton.

The State Patrol asked that people not leave flowers along SR 16 at the site of the shooting because the road is narrow, and it could be unsafe to be there.

Radulescu was making a traffic stop Thursday morning on Highway 16 by Anderson Hill Road in Gorst just before 1 a.m.  Shortly after, dispatchers could not reach him.

A Kitsap County Sheriff’s deputy went to check on the trooper and found him gravely wounded.

Radulsecu was transported to St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, where he died shortly afterward.

Later Thursday morning, police said they were closing in on a  shooting suspect in Port Orchard when they heard a single gunshot.

Joshua Blake, who was believed to have shot the trooper, died at Tacoma General Hospital of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.