1000s Say Goodbye To Sgt Moore

• Powerful video by SR photojournalist Colin Mulvany of today’s funeral service for CPD Sgt Greg Moore here.

On a sunny day with so many flags flying it looked liked the Fourth of July, thousands gathered in Coeur d’Alene to remember the life and service of Sgt. Greg Moore, the city police officer shot and killed Tuesday while on duty. Officers and emergency responders from all over the Northwest and as far Los Angeles and Chicago packed the gymnasium at Lake City High School for Moore’s two-hour memorial service today. Afterward, they followed his body to the cemetery in a caravan that stretched for miles through the city, as thousands of residents lined the route to pay their respects. “In the midst of this difficult tragedy it has been amazing to see this community respond with such beauty and kindness and dignity,” said Pastor Rodney Wright of Lake City Community Church. Wright, who counted Moore as a friend, also said, “It hurts, it hurts, it hurts”/Scott Maben, SR. More here. (Kathy Plonka’s SR photo: Coeur d’Alene patrol officer Jake Pleger gets a hug before the start of the funeral service for Sgt. Greg Moore at Lake City High School this morning)