SAN ANTONIO (AP) – A Texas police officer who was fatally shot last week has been remembered as a compassionate man who loved being a police officer and a father.
A funeral was held Wednesday for San Marcos Officer Kenneth Copeland, who was killed Dec. 4 while serving a warrant on a domestic violence suspect.
Friend Jeff Caldwell told mourners at the Community Bible Church in San Antonio that Copeland had a smile that “was larger than life.”
A procession of emergency vehicles escorted Copeland’s body from a funeral home in San Marcos about 50 miles (80 kilometers) to the church.
The 58-year-old officer was a 19-year veteran of the San Marcos Police Department.
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