Photos: Russian ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara

Members of the Turkish forces honor guard carry the flag-draped coffin of late Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov and a picture of him during a ceremonial farewell with full state honors on the tarmac of Ankara’s Esenboga Airport on Dec. 20, 2016.

Marina Karlov mourns her husband, late Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov, before being carried to a plane by Turkish soldiers during a ceremony at Esenboga airport on Dec. 20, 2016, in Ankara, Turkey.

A Turkish special police officer stands guard outisde the Russian Embassy in Ankara on Dec. 20, 2016.

Heavily armed special forces guard the Russian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 20, 2016.

Russian officials leave the Turkish Forensic Medicine Institute Headquarters after an autopsy on the Russian ambassador to Turkey in Ankara, Turkey, on Dec. 20, 2016.

Russian consulate officials leave the consulate amid floral tributes to the murdered Russian ambassador to Turkey in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 20, 2016.

A gunman, identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, gestures after fatally shooting the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on Dec. 19, 2016.

Andrei Karlov, foreground, the Russian ambassador to Turkey, is seen on the floor after being shot by a gunman, right, at a photo exhibition at a gallery in Ankara on Dec. 19, 2016. The gunman, identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, shouted about “Aleppo” and “revenge” and fatally shot Karlov, who had given a speech, witnesses and media reports said.

People react after the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was shot at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on Dec. 19, 2016.

A gunman, identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, gestures after fatally shooting the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on Dec. 19, 2016.

The Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, speaks a gallery in Ankara on Dec. 19, 2016. Moments later a gunman, seen at rear on the left, opened fire on Karlov, killing him.

A gunman, identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, gestures after fatally shooting the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on Dec. 19, 2016.

A gunman, identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, reacts after shooting the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, at a photo gallery in Ankara on Dec. 19, 2016. The gunman shouted about Syria’s civil war after he killed Karlov in front of stunned onlookers at the photo exhibition, according to an Associated Press photographer who witnessed the assassination. Police later killed the assailant, Turkish station NTV reported.

A child is held after the the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, was shot at a photo gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on Dec. 19, 2016.

Policemen stand guard outside the Cagdas Sanatlar Merkezi, a major art exhibition hall, where Andrey Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey has been shot dead on Dec. 19, 2016 in a gun attack during a public event in Ankara.

An armed member of security holds a gun near the area outside where the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov was shot inside an art gallery on Dec. 19, 2016, in Ankara.