The casket bearing New York City Police Officer Brian Mulkeen is carried into Church of the Sacred Heart, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019, in Monroe, N.Y. Authorities say Mulkeen was fatally hit Sunday by two police bullets while struggling with an armed man in the Bronx. He is the second New York City officer killed by friendly fire this year. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)Officers in dress uniforms stood at attention as a hearse bearing the remains of Officer Brian Mulkeen arrived at a church in Monroe, New York, on Friday.
Bagpipers marched silently to the beat of a somber drum.
The white-gloved officers crisply saluted as Mulkeen's flag-draped casket was carried into the church.
Mulkeen was working with a plainclothes anti-crime unit when he and his partners encountered the armed man on Sunday.