OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha Police Officer Kerrie Orozco’s family had been planning last week to celebrate her daughter leaving the hospital three months after being born prematurely. Instead, Orozco’s family and thousands of other mourners attended her funeral Tuesday. Orozco was shot to death last Wednesday by a fugitive who was fatally wounded by another officer. Orozco was 29. She lived in Council Bluffs and was a native of nearby Walnut, Iowa.

The funeral began at 11 a.m. at St. John’s Catholic Church at Creighton University with traditional hymns and a remembrance of Orozco’s baptism. Several thousand others – many of whom were officers – sat in Omaha’s downtown arena watching a video feed of the funeral. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Council Bluffs after an 8.5-mile-long procession.