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Fallen Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell honored at Twins game and funeral held in Connecticut

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  • Fallen Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell to be honored at Twins game and his funeral to be held in Connecticut.
  • Police chief and other officers to stand on the first and third base lines for the National Anthem.
  • Friends and family to say final farewell to Mitchell in his home state of Connecticut.
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Friends and family will say a final farewell to fallen Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell in his home state of Connecticut. Mitchell's funeral begins at 11 a.m. and his final resting place will be Evergreen Cemetery in New Haven. Mitchell, 36, died trying to help the gunman who killed him during a chaotic shooting last month. A memorial service was held in Maple Grove, where Mitchell lived with his fiancee and children. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara called Mitchell "heroic as a man unto the very end" and he has been posthumously awarded the department's Medal of Honor and Purple Heart. Mitchell was the third Minnesota police officer killed this year.

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