A Final Salute for a Fallen Officer
Family members, friends and colleagues of Clayton Police rookie and Lassiter graduate Sean Callahan paid tribute at his funeral.
Family members and friends of Officer Sean Callahan peered over his open casket as they took their last glimpse of him. Some gently touched his chest, hair and face, and others kissed his forehead before a Clayton County Police honor guard closed the casket and draped an American flag over it. The former swimmer at Cobb's Lassiter High School was remembered at his funeral Friday as a loving son and brother, a generous friend and "a noble officer." Callahan, 24, was shot twice in the head on Monday responding to a domestic dispute and died early Tuesday morning. He was first Clayton officer ever killed in the line of duty, and dozens of his colleagues, along with several hundred law enforcement officers from around Georgia, turned out to …
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Val Walker Myers
1:01 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
This is so sad more ›