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Topeka bids emotional farewell to slain officer

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners have turned out to remember a Topeka police corporal killed in the line of duty.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that officers from more than 70 law enforcement agencies were on hand when Cpl. Jason Harwood was buried Saturday.

The observance featured the reading of a letter to Harwood from his surviving identical twin brother, Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Jeremy Harwood. Also, the German shepherd who was Harwood’s K-9 partner before his promotion to corporal two years ago lay down in front of the casket.

Harwood was a decorated 15-year police veteran who was shot after he pulled over a car last weekend. Prosecutors have announced plans to seek the death penalty against the man charged in the killing.

 

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