Funeral: Hundreds mourn slain Va. Tech officer
This photo released by Virginia Tech shows police officer Deriek Crouse, who was shot and killed Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011, during a routine traffic stop on the school's Blacksburg, Va. campus. Credit: AP
A Virginia Tech police officer ambushed in a shooting that revived memories of the 2007 massacre on campus was eulogized before hundreds as a loving husband, father and public servant.
Bagpipers somberly escorted the flag-draped coffin of Deriek W. Crouse into a campus coliseum for Monday's funeral as officers, family, friends and dignitaries looked on.
Gov. Bob McDonnell called the Army veteran who had served in Iraq a lifelong public servant.
Crouse was slain Thursday during a routine traffic stop in the coliseum's parking lot. A student at a nearby college who police said shot Crouse was found dead afterward of a self-inflicted gunshot wound nearby. Investigators said they found no link between them.
Crouse joined Tech's force six months after the massacre that left 32 dead, including the gunman.
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