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Jeffrey Thompson
Brooklyn, Minn.

Deputy Dewey laid to rest

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Funeral for Christopher Dewey
Service personnel walk toward Living Word Christian Center for the funeral of Deputy Christopher Dewey in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Wednesday, August 18, 2010.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson

Several thousand law enforcement officers from around the state gathered Wednesday to hear Mahnomen County Deputy Christopher Dewey eulogized as a hero.

Dewey, 27, was shot in the head and stomach in February 2009 while checking out a report of shots fired in a Mahnomen neighborhood. He never fully recovered and died last week.

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Deputy Chad Peterson
Mahnomen County Sheriff's Deputy Christopher Dewey's partner, Deputy Chad Peterson, speaks at Dewey's memorial service in Brooklyn Park, Minn. on August 18, 2010. (Photo courtesy Hennepin County Sheriff's Department)
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Funeral for Christopher Dewey
Service personnel walk toward Living Word Christian Center for the funeral of Deputy Christopher Dewey in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Wednesday, August 18, 2010.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson
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Funeral program
A member of the Patriot Guard holds a program for the funeral of Deputy Christopher Dewey in Brooklyn Park, Minn. Wednesday, August 18, 2010.
MPR Photo/Jeffrey Thompson