The Massachusetts State Police held its graduation ceremony Wednesday, where they paid tribute to a trooper recruit who was supposed to graduate but was killed​ during a training exercise at the academy.

The graduation of the 90th Recruit Training Troop is set for 11 a.m. at the DCU Center in Worcester. The new troopers completed 25 weeks of training at the State Police Academy in New Braintree, but it was there that Delgado-Garcia suffered a serious injury during a boxing exercise and died the next day.

(WJAR) — The Massachusetts State Police are set to graduate their 90th recruit training troop on Wednesday. The event will be held at the DCU Center in Worcester at 11 a.m. This comes a week after the new superintendent of the state police, Col. Geoffrey Noble, was sworn in. He's a native of Rhode Island.

Holding signs demanding truth and chanting for justice, several dozen people gathered Wednesday outside a graduation ceremony for Massachusetts State Police cadets demanding an explanation of how one of the recruits died during a training exercise.

Dozens of people protested outside the graduation ceremony on Wednesday, calling for justice after a trainee died during an exercise.

Among those who would have graduated on Wednesday is Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died following a training exercise last month.

A mix of emotions in Worcester, as the newest class of state police officers graduate Wednesday. Florida Map Shows Areas Where Hurricane Milton Storm Surge Will Hit Hardest I’m 54 with a 35-year-old body.