There will be two events next week to honor the 22-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department.
A public viewing will be held on Monday, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at Givnish Funeral Home on Academy Road in Philadelphia.On Tuesday, a second viewing will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Race Street in Philadelphia.
The funeral service for Officer Mendez will be held immediately after; however, seating inside the Basilica is reserved for family, friends, law enforcement personnel, and dignitaries. The entire viewing and church service can be viewed right here onAuthorities said Officers Mendez and Raul Ortiz had just arrived at work about 11 p.m. last Thursday when they heard breaking glass and saw several people breaking into a car in the parking lot at Philadelphia International Airport.
Alexander Batista-Polanco, 21, from Camden, New Jersey and Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez, 18, from Camden, New Jersey Officer Mendez, 50, who had been on the force for more than two decades, was shot four times and pronounced dead at a hospital.
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