Hundreds mourn fallen St. Paul police officer

Funeral for Officer Josh Lynaugh
Police carry the casket of Officer Josh Lynaugh before funeral services at the Cathedral of St. Paul on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. Hundreds of mourners paid their respect. Lynaugh died of a heart attack last week after a police foot chase.
P Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Sennott

Hundreds of mourners have said goodbye to a fallen St. Paul police officer who lived his childhood dream to follow in his father's footsteps.

A funeral was held Friday for 30-year-old Officer Josh Lynaugh at the Cathedral of St. Paul. Lynaugh died of a heart attack last week after a police foot chase.

As a child, Lynaugh once wrote in a school essay, ``I want to be a cop like my pop.'' His father is Tim Lynaugh, a retired St. Paul police sergeant.

Friend and fellow officer Lou Ferraro says Josh Lynaugh's father was his hero and role model. Ferraro described his friend as kind and giving _ someone who would buy dinner for people he had never met before.

KARE-TV reports Josh Lynaugh will be buried in Stillwater.

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