Memorial service for slain Tacoma officer to be Friday

TACOMA — Tacoma police Officer Reginald “Jake” Gutierrez will be remembered and honored at a memorial service Friday at the Tacoma Dome.

Gutierrez died Wednesday after being shot at a Tacoma home while responding to a domestic dispute.

Friday’s service will be open to the public. Further details, including the start time, will come later from Tacoma police

A month later, the Dome was the scene of Pierce County sheriff’s Deputy Kent Mundell’s funeral. He was shot Dec. 21, 2009, while answering a domestic violence call and died a week later.

Both services saw thousands of law enforcement officers from throughout North America come together for processions and ceremonies to honor the slain officers. They were joined by thousands of members of the public who lined the procession routes and then filed into the Dome to pay their respects.

Gutierrez’s service probably will be similar to Mundell’s three-hour service on Jan. 5, 2010. Bagpipes wailed laments at Mundell’s service. Dignitaries offered words of condolence and resolve. Honor guards performed sacred rites.