Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard pays tribute to Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Chisum, who was shot and killed while on a call, during a service in Cuba, Ill., Monday, July 1, 2019. Law enforcement officers packed the gym at Cuba Middle-Senior High School on Monday morning for Deputy Chisum's funeral. The 39-year-old deputy was killed June 25 in rural Avon. (David Zalaznik/Journal Star via AP)
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CUBA, Ill. (AP) - Mourners have gathered to remember an Illinois sheriff's deputy who was fatally shot last week while responding to battery and disturbance call.
Law enforcement officers packed the gym at Cuba Middle-Senior High School on Monday morning for Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Chisum's funeral. The 39-year-old deputy was killed June 25 in rural Avon. Multiple shots were fired before the suspect barricaded himself inside a home. He was taken into custody 18 hours later and is charged with murder in Chisum's death.
The (Peoria) Journal Star reports Chisum is survived by his wife and three daughters. The family said in a statement that Chisum was always their hero and "the greatest man we will ever know."
A 40-mile funeral procession to Peoria is scheduled to follow the funeral.
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A law enforcement honor guard salutes the coffin of Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Chisum, who was shot and killed while on a call, following a service in Cuba, Ill., Monday, July 1, 2019. Law enforcement officers packed the gym at Cuba Middle-Senior High School on Monday morning for Deputy Chisum's funeral. The 39-year-old deputy was killed June 25 in rural Avon. (David Zalaznik/Journal Star via AP)
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Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard pays tribute to Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Chisum, who was shot and killed while on a call, during a service in Cuba, Ill., Monday, July 1, 2019. Law enforcement officers packed the gym at Cuba Middle-Senior High School on Monday morning for Deputy Chisum's funeral. The 39-year-old deputy was killed June 25 in rural Avon. (David Zalaznik/Journal Star via AP)
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An American flag provided by Tina Hagaman of Peoria flies in the breeze as a procession of emergency vehicles passes by Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at the intersection of Farmington Road and Illinois Route 116. Dozens of vehicles escorted the remains of Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum from Peoria to a funeral home in Lewistown. He was shot to death Tuesday while on a call in rural Avon. (Matt Dayoff/Journal Star via AP)
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A long line of emergency vehicles, including an ambulance carrying the remains of Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum, heads toward the Illinois Route 116 exit on Interstate 74 en route to a Lewistown funeral home Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Peoria. Chisum was shot to death while responding to a domestic disturbance call Tuesday afternoon in rural Avon. (Matt Dayoff/Journal Star via AP)
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Bill Hagaman of Peoria salutes as a procession for slain Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum passes by Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at the intersection of Farmington Road and Illinois Route 116. (Matt Dayoff/Journal Star via AP)
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