Funeral for deceased Minnesota New Haven police officer to be held Monday – NBC Connecticut

Today is the funeral of a New Haven, Minnesota, police officer who was killed in the line of duty last month.

Officer Jamal Mitchell was killed in the line of duty on May 30.

The suspect ambushed and shot Mitchell as the 36-year-old officer rushed to help a shot man lying on a Minneapolis street, officials said.

Two other people and the suspected shooter were also killed in the shooting.

A fellow Minneapolis police officer remembered Mitchell as “a phenomenal cop with a megawatt Colgate smile.”

New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said Mitchell grew up in New Haven and has strong roots in the community, and his friends remember playing with him as a young boy in the Westville neighborhood.

Mitchell was engaged and expecting to become a stepfather.

His body was flown to Connecticut after a memorial service in Minnesota and the funeral service will be held at the Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven at James Hillhouse High School.

Officer Mitchell is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven.

Visiting hours are from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and the funeral service will begin at 11 a.m.