A portion of the flag draping the casket of El Paso County Dep. Andrew Peery can be seen through the rear window of the hearse during a procession for the deputy. The procession started at Memorial Hospital and went past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)
Andrew Peery, a decorated SWAT operator and deputy at the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, was killed Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, while responding to a shooting in Security-Widefield.
A portion of the flag draping the casket of El Paso County Dep. Andrew Peery can be seen through the rear window of the hearse during a procession for the deputy. The procession started at Memorial Hospital and went past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)The Gibson family came to pay their respects to fallen El Paso County Dep. Andrew Peery. A procession of law enforcement vehicles escorts the hearse carrying the body of Dep. Andrew Peery past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. The Gibsons are the family of another El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)A procession of law enforcement vehicles escorts the hearse carrying the body of Dep. Andrew Peery past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Dep. Peery was shot and killed in the line of duty Sunday. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)People pay their respects to El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Andrew Peery. A procession of law enforcement vehicles escorted the hearse carrying Peery’s body past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.(Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)A procession of law enforcement vehicles escorts the hearse carrying the body of Dep. Andrew Peery past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.(Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)Former EPSO Dep. Scott Stone (right), who was shot in the line of duty, hugs friends while waiting for the law enforcement vehicle procession with the body of Dep. Andrew Peery. Stone was shot when Dep. Micah Flick was killed in the line of duty in 2018 and said that Peery was a good friend and helped him through that time. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)A procession of law enforcement vehicles escorts the hearse carrying the body of Dep. Andrew Peery past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.(Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)Former EPSO Dep. Scott Stone, who was shot in the line of duty, was standing in front of the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office holding the Thin Blue Line during the law enforcement vehicle procession with the body of Dep. Andrew Peery on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Stone was shot when Dep. Micah Flick was killed in the line of duty in 2018 and said that Peery was a good friend and helped him through that time. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)A procession of law enforcement vehicles escorts the hearse carrying the body of Dep. Andrew Peery past the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022.(Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette) (Jerilee Bennett)
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