GALION, Ohio (WCMH) – A private ceremony at Marion Cemetery is concluding a week’s worth of remembrance for a Morrow County deputy who was shot and killed in the line of duty.

Deputy Daniel “Weston” Sherrer will be laid to rest Wednesday in Marion. A public service to honor and celebrate Sherrer took place during the morning and afternoon at Northmor High School near Galion, with former sheriff and current pastor Steve Brenneman officiating.

Inside the program for Wednesday's celebration of life, there is a note written by Sherrer when he was young. It reads, "My big dream is to be a policeman. I want to catch the villains and I'm willing to risk my life for the people in the United States."

Hundreds of people showed up to honor the fallen hero.

"He wasn't just a deputy, he was a hero,

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