Smith’s wife, Heidi, is a fourth-grade teacher at the parish school. Brown, waiting to pay their final respects to Sgt. Hundreds gathered for the recitation of the Rosary, Friday evening, July 15.Īt Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch, just north of Dallas, more than 1,000 people stood in line July 12 for more than an hour, including Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and Police Chief David O. His family attended All Saints Catholic Church in Fort Worth. Officer Zamarripa was also a Navy veteran who served three tours in Iraq. The final funeral Mass was held Saturday July 16 for Officer Patrick Zamarripa. Hundreds of police officers from across the country joined families in mourning their brother officers. President Barack Obama, who came to Dallas for a memorial, held up the city’s leadership as an example to others across the country and asked that Americans look at the root cause of violence.
The police chief has asked that the community thank and support police. law enforcement since 9/11 - city and interfaith leaders have asked for peace, prayer and solutions to violence plaguing the country. In the week since the tragedy - the worst for Dallas law enforcement and the worst for U.S. The heavily armed gunman was killed by police using an explosive device attached to a bomb squad robot. The gunman, Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, described by police as angry and deranged, held police at a standoff for several hours, admitting that he was targeting white police officers and that explosives were planted in the area. Nine other officers and two civilians were injured.
Lorne Ahrens, 48 Officer Michael Krol, 40 and Officer Patrick Zamarripa, 32, all from the Dallas Police Department and Brent Thompson, 43, an officer with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
Killed July 7 in downtown Dallas were Sgt. (CNS photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters) By David Sedeno C atholic News ServiceĭALLAS (CNS) - At Mass and at memorials in megachurches, family, friends and police officers from around the country thanked and said goodbye to five Dallas police officers killed by a gunman targeting police officers after a rally protesting police-related shootings in other parts of the country.
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