100s mourn St. Louis police officer shot in line of duty

ST. LOUIS -- Hundreds of mourners gathered to lay to rest a Missouri police officer who was fatally shot in the line of duty.

St. Louis police officer Tamarris Bohannon was remembered in services Sunday as a family man and dedicated civil servant, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Bohannon was shot in the head by a gunman who barricaded himself inside someone else's home Aug. 29 on the south side of St. Louis. The 29-year-old married father of three died the following day.

Thomas Kinworthy Jr., 43, of Owensville, Missouri, has been charged with murder in Bohannon's death.

The funeral events started with a procession from a funeral home to the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica.

Alexis Bohannon embraces her son Ayden, with daughter Tamara to her right, as the remains of husband and father St. Louis police officer Tamarris Bohannon are returned to a hearse following his memorial service at the Cathedral Basilica on Sunday in St. Louis.Robert Cohen ~ St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

St. Louis resident Berenice Wilkerson was among those who came to pay their respects.

"It's a horrible thing that happened," she said. "He put his life on the line every day for us. This is the least I can do."