Funeral of murdered Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell to be held in Connecticut on Monday

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut — Friends and family will say goodbye to the late Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell on Monday in his home state of Connecticut.

Mitchell’s funeral, the last of several memorial services for the slain officer, will begin at 11 a.m. His final resting place will be Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven.

Mitchell, 36, died trying to help the gunman who killed him in a chaotic shooting last month Two other victims died. Police also killed the shooter. Surviving victims include another police officer and a firefighter.

A memorial service was held last week in Maple Grove, where Mitchell lived in Minnesota with his fiancée and children. At the memorial service, Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara called Mitchell “a man who was heroic to the end” and said he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and the police Purple Heart.

Mitchell was the third Minnesota police officer killed this year, joining Burnsville police officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and firefighter Adam Finseth. fatally shot during a standoff in February.

You can support Mitchell’s family by donating to a memorial fund.