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Funeral for 2 ambushed officers draws peers from around US

In this image provided by the Connecticut State Police Photo Unit, law enforcement personnel from across the country gather at the University of Connecticut's 40,000-seat stadium in East Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, for the funeral of two officers shot to death in an apparent ambush. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Nicholas Brutcher shot Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte, Alex Hamzy and Alec Iurato. Iurato survived the attack and killed Brutcher. Brutcher's brother was also shot and survived. A motive has not been disclosed. (Connecticut State Police Photo Unit via AP) In this image provided by the Connecticut State Police Photo Unit, law enforcement personnel from across the country gather at the University of Connecticut's 40,000-seat stadium in East Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, for the funeral of two officers shot to death in an apparent ambush. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Nicholas Brutcher shot Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte, Alex Hamzy and Alec Iurato. Iurato survived the attack and killed Brutcher. Brutcher's brother was also shot and survived. A motive has not been disclosed. (Connecticut State Police Photo Unit via AP) In this image provided by the Connecticut State Police Photo Unit, law enforcement personnel from across the country gather at the University of Connecticut's 40,000-seat stadium in East Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, for the funeral of two officers shot to death in an apparent ambush. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Nicholas Brutcher shot Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte, Alex Hamzy and Alec Iurato. Iurato survived the attack and killed Brutcher. Brutcher's brother was also shot and survived. A motive has not been disclosed. (Connecticut State Police Photo Unit via AP) In this image provided by the Connecticut State Police Photo Unit, law enforcement personnel from across the country gather at the University of Connecticut's 40,000-seat stadium in East Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, for the funeral of two officers shot to death in an apparent ambush. On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Nicholas Brutcher shot Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte, Alex Hamzy and Alec Iurato. Iurato survived the attack and killed Brutcher. Brutcher's brother was also shot and survived. A motive has not been disclosed. (Connecticut State Police Photo Unit via AP) Two Bristol Police department officers hug before a joint police funeral, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in East Hartford, Conn. Thousands of police officers from around the country have gathered in a football stadium in Connecticut for a joint funeral for Bristol officers Dustin DeMonte and Alex Hamzy who were shot to death in an apparent ambush on Oct. 12. (AP Photo/David Collins) This combo of images provided by the Connecticut State Police, show, from left, Bristol, Conn. Police Department Sgt. Dustin Demonte, Officer Alex Hamzy and Officer Alec Iurato. Authorities said Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, they believe that police officers Demonte and Hamzy, who were shot dead in Connecticut, had been drawn into an ambush by a 911 call about possible domestic violence. A third officer, Alec Iurato, was wounded but expected to recover. (Connecticut State Police via AP)