Logan • More than 1,000 mourners filed into the Utah State University’s Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Friday to honor Sgt. Lee Sorensen, less than two weeks after he was killed in the line of duty.

As family, friends, officers in uniform and community members began to fill the stadium, photos of Sorensen and his loved ones played in a slideshow across the screen behind the stage.

Mourners wore blue ribbon pins, a symbol of gratitude and remembrance for the fallen officer who was killed alongside Tremonton-Garland Officer Eric Estrada, 32, while responding to the same domestic disturbance call on Aug. 17. Estrada’s funeral on Thursday saw more than 1,000 attendees.

Sorensen’s casket was carried into the arena to the sound of bagpipes and flowers surrounded the stage where the casket rest

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