Hundreds pay tribute to murdered Paterson police officer

Funeral services were held Saturday for the rookie police officer in Paterson who was shot last week.Hundreds packed the Christ Temple Church in Paterson to say goodbye and pay tribute to 23-year-old

News 12 Staff

Jan 14, 2007, 1:14 AM

Updated 6,473 days ago

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Funeral services were held Saturday for the rookie police officer in Paterson who was shot last week.Hundreds packed the Christ Temple Church in Paterson to say goodbye and pay tribute to 23-year-old Tyron Franklin. Franklin's son Tyron Jr. wore a police uniform during the services for his father. Fellow police officers served as pallbearers, carrying out the American flag-covered coffin.Paterson police and hundreds of other officers have vowed to catch Franklin?s killer. Franklin was shot by a man attempting to rob him while he was buying dinner at Broadway Chicken.
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