Funeral for slain Quebec police officer Thierry LeRoux

SAGUENAY, Que. – A funeral service honoured a Quebec police officer killed in the line of duty earlier this month.

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Thierry LeRoux was shot on Feb. 13 as he and another officer responded to a domestic call.

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LeRoux, 26, had been on the force for just six months in Lac-Simon, a small Algonquin reserve in northwestern Quebec.

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His coffin was draped with the flag of the Lac-Simon police department as it was carried into the Chicoutimi Cathedral in Saguenay, about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City.

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Premier Philippe Couillard and several hundred police officers were among those attending the funeral.

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After completing a police technology degree, LeRoux graduated from Quebec’s police academy in November 2013 – excelling in sports and physical conditioning.