A Dallas police officer who was fatally shot was remembered as a hero. Police say Darron Burks was fatally shot by a man who the police chief said executed the officer. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia says Burks was a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice during a funeral service Saturday in Dallas.
Dallas police officer Darron Burks, who was fatally shot in what the police chief called an execution, was remembered Saturday as a hero during a funeral service in Dallas .
“He loved me every day, he didn’t wait until my birthday” or various holidays, Jeffery said as she stood next to a portrait of Burks in his uniform, adding that her son texted her daily. “Darron loved everybody.” 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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