LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A funeral procession and memorial service honoring the life of fallen agent Nicholas Graham was held Thursday morning in Englewood, with the Lakewood Police Department inviting the community to honor the fallen officer.
Watch some remarks from the memorial service honoring fallen Lakewood Agent Nicholas Graham in the videos below:
Graham, 33, was shot and killed in the line of duty on Nov. 5 while confronting a "suspicious man" getting onto an RTD bus at Colfax and Wadsworth. Sources later identified the suspect as 34-year-old Gabriel Garcia, who DOC officials confirmed was let out of detention after meeting requirements to be released from parole last month.
Three other Lakewood police agents and a bystander were hurt in the shooting. All four are now out of the hospital.
Coloradans wishing to pay their respects as the procession made its way to BRAVE Church in Englewood were encouraged to line Hampden Avenue (US 285), from just west of Santa Fe Ave. (Hwy 85) eastbound to S. Downing St.
Road closures
Watch coverage of the procession in the video player below:
East Hampden (US 285) was set to shut down between BRAVE Church and First Plymouth Church UCC for the procession from about 7:30 a.m. until the service was over, according to the Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation, which is helping coordinate Graham’s funeral.
The procession then went through a “blue tunnel” formed by marked law enforcement vehicles that stretched along East Hampden Avenue from Downing to Monroe. The eastbound lanes of Hampden were closed from Downing to Colorado Boulevard.
Memorial service and overflow seating
After the motorcade arrived at BRAVE Church, Graham’s family and first responders were seated at the main church sanctuary.
Anyone else who wished to attend the memorial service was seated at BRAVE Academy, located at 3651 Colorado Blvd. in Englewood — just south of the main sanctuary. A livestream was projected on a big screen.
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