Dallas police officer who was fatally shot remembered as ‘hero’ during funeral service

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Dallas police officer who was fatally shot remembered as ‘hero’ during funeral service
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A Dallas police officer who was fatally shot was remembered as a hero.

Man accused of animal cruelty after horse, pony found starving on south Bexar County propertyDriver arrested, accused of intoxication manslaughter in deadly Southwest Side crashSearch for shooting suspect underway after man critically injured on Northwest Side, police sayMourners file past the casket of Dallas police officer Darron Burks before funeral services at Watermark Community Church on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Dallas.

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said Burks was “tragically taken, targeted” because he was a police officer.Bagpipes played and mourners streamed past his open coffin that was draped with a U.S. flag and uniformed police officers at either end until the casket was closed for the service.by 30-year-old Corey Cobb-Bey, who spoke briefly with Burks and recorded the encounter before pulling out a handgun and shooting Burks, according to police.

Cobb-Bey shot and wounded two other officers as they arrived, then fled the scene and was pursued by police to Lewisville, Texas, about 25 miles northwest of Dallas, police said. Burks joined the police force in December after graduating from the police academy. He previously spent 17 years as a high school math teacher.

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