Funeral set for Jersey City detective killed in gunfight
NEW YORK - The detective shot and killed in a cemetery in Jersey City will be laid to rest this week, according to the NJ State Police Benevolent Association.
A wake was held for Detective Joseph Seals, 40, at McLaughlin Funeral Home on Pavonia Avenue on Monday.
A funeral mass will be held Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 10 a.m. at Saint Aedan's Church on Bergen Avenue.
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Detective Joseph Seals (Jersey City Police Department)
Seals was gunned down on December 10 by two suspects who then engaged police in an hours-long gunbattle outside a kosher market in the Greenville section of the city, according to cops.
Seals is survived by his wife and five children.
Attendance by a large number of law enforcement officers from across the country is anticipated at the funeral.
A GoFundMe set up by the JC Police Department has raised more than $549,000.