Mourners pack school gym to remember slain Illinois deputy
Posted March 13, 2019 7:00 am
WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - Hundreds of mourners have gathered to remember a sheriff's deputy who was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel.
The main gym at Woodstock North High School was filled during Wednesday morning's funeral for McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner. More people were in an overflow area.
The Rev. Kendall Koenig, senior pastor of Light of Christ Lutheran Church in Algonquin, said people become heroes for how they live and that Keltner "lived it."
Keltner was part of a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force that was trying to serve a warrant on a man for burglary and parole violation charges last Thursday. Police say the suspect shot Keltner, fled the Rockford hotel in a vehicle and was arrested hours later after a standoff.
This photo provided by McHenry County Sheriffâs Office shows Deputy Jacob Keltner. Floyd E. Brown is accused of fatally shooting Keltner, Thursday, March 7, 2019 at a hotel as a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force tried to serve Brown with an arrest warrant for burglary and parole violation charges. (McHenry County Sheriffâs Office via AP)
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Law enforcement departments from all over the area arrive before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock, Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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Law enforcement departments from all over the area arrive before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock, Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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A color guard with members from New York, Elgin and North Aurora, Illinois, exit the building during a shift change before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock, Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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A McHenry County Sheriff's vehicle serving as a memorial car is parked outside before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock, Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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Taps is performed as people arrive before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock, Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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A column of men holding flags greet people as they arrive before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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Law enforcement officers pause while a color guard passes by the front door before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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A McHenry County Sheriff's vehicle serving as a memorial car is parked outside before funeral services for slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner on Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Woodstock North High School in Woodstock, Ill. Keltner was shot and killed while trying to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel on March 7, 2019. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP)
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