The casket with the body of Brackenridge Police Chief Justin McIntire arrives at Mount Saint Peter Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in New Kensington. The police chief and another officer were shot blocks apart Jan. 2 in Brackenridge, Allegheny County, authorities said. The suspect was shot and killed in Pittsburgh after he crashed a carjacked vehicle and exchanged gunfire with police, authorities said. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

Numerous members of the county law enforcement community were among the thousands of people who attended Wednesday’s funeral service for Brackenridge police Chief Justin McIntire.

McIntire, 46, was killed Jan. 2 while on duty in Brackenridge while pursuing a Duquesne man wanted for weapons-related parole violations and eluding police. McIntire was a police officer for 22 years. He was appointed chief in 2019.

The funeral was at Mount St. Peter Church in New Kensington. McIntire’s body was taken by horse-drawn carriage to the church from the Ross G. Walker Funeral Home, which is about a block away.

Mourners filled the church and gathered outside for the funeral, which was aired on television inside another church in the area. Following the service, a funeral procession traveled from the church to Mount Airy Cemetery in Harrison Township, where a private service was conducted.