GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The Latest on the funeral of Colorado deputy shot by teen suspect at (all times local):
11:30 a.m.
A bagpiper played as uniformed colleagues were carrying Mesa County Sheriff’s Deputy Derek Geter’s body into the church where his funeral service will be held. His flag-draped coffin was then placed before an array of flowers and a large photograph of Geter. The deputy was shot multiple times Feb. 8 after responding to a report that a person carrying a gun and wearing a bandanna over his face had been spotted near two Grand Junction schools.
After bringing in the coffin, the eight pallbearers gave it a slow, solemn salute as family members and other mourners filed in. Some mourners wore blue T-shirts emblazoned with sheriff’s stars.
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4:30 a.m.
Law enforcement colleagues are gathering in western Colorado to mourn a sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed by a suspect whom prosecutors have described as a teen drifter who used drugs and stole guns.
Friends and relatives of Derek Geter also are expected at Monday’s funeral, along with many who did not know him. The Mesa County Sheriff’s Office heard from so many who wanted to pay respects that it arranged for a live stream of the services in a Grand Junction church to be shown in five other churches and a university theater.
Geter was shot multiple times Feb. 8 after responding to a report that a person carrying a gun and wearing a bandanna over his face had been spotted near two Grand Junction schools.
