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Hundreds of police honor slain Denver officer
Posted: 06.30.2012 at 4:46 PM
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(AP) -- REMA RAHMAN, Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — Hundreds of uniformed police officers have arrived at a Colorado church for the funeral for a Denver officer who was shot and killed while breaking up a fight in a city park.

A procession will take the body of 32-year-old single mom Celena Hollis on the 6-mile trip from the church to the cemetery Saturday.

About a dozen paramedic trucks are lining a street in front of the church.

Hollis was a seven-year veteran of the force and was off-duty but in uniform providing security at the June 24 concert.

Officials say Hollis was responding to a fight just as the band was wrapping up when she was shot in the head.

Police arrested 21-year-old Rollen Oliver on suspicion of first-degree murder in Hollis' death.


Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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