The Dallas Police color guard presents the colors before the photos of five fallen officers being remembered during an interfaith memorial service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Tuesday, July 12, 2016. Four Dallas police officers and one Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) officer were gunned down last week in downtown Dallas at a protest rally. The victims are depicted, from left, Dallas PD officer Michael Krol, DART officer Brent Thompson, Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith, and Dallas police Officer Patrick Zamarripa. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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DALLAS (AP) - Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas.
Funerals will be held Wednesday for Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson.
Ahrens' funeral will take place in Plano.
A private funeral for Smith is planned Wednesday at the Farmers Branch church he and his family attended, and a public service will take place Thursday at the Dallas church where he worked security.
After a Dallas memorial service, Thompson's funeral will be at a church in Corsicana, the town south of Dallas where he lived.
Dallas Police Officer Michael Krol's funeral is set for Friday, and Dallas police Officer Patrick Zamarripa's funeral will be held Saturday.
Maria Morales, of Dallas, holds a U.S. flag during the singing of the national anthem at the public viewing at Klyde Warren Park for the memorial service for the five police officers killed last week by a sniper, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in Dallas. (Ting Shen/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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First lady Michelle Obama, left, hugs Dallas Police Chief David Brown, as President Barack Obama, right, watches during a memorial service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center with the families of the fallen police officers, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in Dallas. Five police officers were killed and several injured during a shooting in downtown Dallas last Thursday night. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A Dallas Police Department officer escorts a hearse carrying the body of slain DPD Sgt. Michael Smith to Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Farmers Branch, Texas. Smith was one of five officers killed last week when a gunman opened fire on a Black Lives Matter rally in downtown Dallas. (G.J. McCarthy/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
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A decal shows a Dallas Police Department badge with a black stripe across it on the side of a Restland Funeral Home hearse carrying the body of slain DPD Sgt. Michael Smith to Mary Immaculate Catholic Church Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Farmers Branch, Texas. Smith was one of five officers killed last week when a gunman opened fire on a Black Lives Matter rally in downtown Dallas. (G.J. McCarthy /The Dallas Morning News via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT; INTERNET USE BY AP MEMBERS ONLY; NO SALES
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