KELSO — A memorial service for slain Washington state sheriff’s deputy Justin DeRosier will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 24 in Portland, Oregon.
Cowlitz County Sheriff Brad Thurman and the DeRosier family said Wednesday the service will be held at The Earle A. & Virginia H. 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.
The Clark County Medical Examiner said Wednesday DeRosier died of a gunshot wound to the chest.
