KELSO, Wash. (AP) — A memorial service for slain Washington state sheriff’s deputy Justin DeRosier will be held at 1 p.m. next Wednesday in Portland, Oregon.
Cowlitz County Sheriff Brad Thurman and the DeRosier family said Wednesday the service will be held at The Chiles Center at the University of Portland.
The 29-year-old DeRosier had been a Cowlitz County deputy since 2009 and was the married father of a 5-month-old daughter. He responded alone Saturday night to a motorhome blocking a road near the tiny southwestern Washington city of Kalama and reported over police radio that someone was shooting at him.
DeRosier died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
Authorities say Brian Butts fatally shot DeRosier and that Butts was shot to death by law enforcement Sunday following a manhunt.