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Law enforcement officers from across the state will patrol the streets of Lorain this week, allowing the city’s police department to attend the Wednesday funeral of Officer Phillip Wagner, who died in an ambush last week.
Data analyzed by the CBS News Crime Unit shows at least 50 law enforcement officers have been shot in ambush attacks so far this year.
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A Lorain Police Department spokesperson told 3News that plans for a funeral are still being developed, and a date has not yet been set.
Officials have announced that the memorial service for Lorain Police Department Officer Phillip C. Wagner, who was killed during an ambush, will take place July 30 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland.
Volunteers met at the Kurtz Bros, Inc. in Avon on Sunday to create luminary bags for the memorial in front of the Lorain Police Department set up to honor fallen Officer Phil Wagner.
The funeral for an Ohio police officer killed in the line of duty has been scheduled. As reported by News Center 7, Lorain Police Officer Phillip Wagner died Thursday from his injuries sustained in an ambush shooting on July 23. Officer Wagner’s funeral will be on Wednesday, July 30, at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, according to his online obituary.
Police Officer Brent Payne, who was shot in Lorain while on a lunch break with fellow officers, was released from the hospital on Saturday with a police procession.
Hundreds gathered Thursday outside Lorain City Hall united in grief and support for for three Lorain police officers shot in Wednesday's ambush attack.