NY Police Officers Honor Former Colleague Killed in Texas

NEW YORK— Hundreds of New York City police officers lined Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in a farewell salute Monday to a former NYPD colleague who was gunned down in Texas.David Hofer, an officer in the Dallas suburb of Euless, was celebrated at a memoria...
NY Police Officers Honor Former Colleague Killed in Texas
Members of the New York Police Department arrive for the funeral for Euless, Texas police officer David Hofer, Monday, March 7, 2016, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Hofer was killed Tuesday, March 1 while responding to reports of shots fired in a park. Hofer was a 2008 graduate of New York University who served in the NYPD for five years before joining the Euless Police Department in 2014. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan
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NEW YORK— Hundreds of New York City police officers lined Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue in a farewell salute Monday to a former NYPD colleague who was gunned down in Texas.

David Hofer, an officer in the Dallas suburb of Euless, was celebrated at a memorial Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Mourners including NYPD officers in dress uniform and officers from several North Texas cities prayed before his cremated remains.

A Euless police officer had carried the cherry wood box with Hofer’s ashes bearing his name to the altar, near some daisies and a sign that read, “Blue Lives Matter.”

Hofer’s fiancée, Marta Danylyk, a native of Ukraine, wept quietly, sitting close to his mother, Sonja, and his father, Helmut.

“He went to Texas to make a good life, but once you put a shield on your chest, you’re always in danger,” Pat Lynch, head of New York’s Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, said after the service.

Firefighters with the Euless, Texas Fire Department attend the funeral for Euless Police Officer David Hofer, Monday, March 7, 2016, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Firefighters with the Euless, Texas Fire Department attend the funeral for Euless Police Officer David Hofer, Monday, March 7, 2016, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. AP Photo/Mark Lennihan