Community, Police Mourn Loss Of Officer
Community members lined the streets to grieve the loss of Officer Derek Kotecki Monday morning.
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Community members lined the streets to grieve the loss of Officer Derek Kotecki Monday morning.
It was a sad and moving moment in Lower Burrell Sunday night as the widow and children of a fallen police officer thanked people gathered for a candlelight vigil held in his memory. Officer Derek Kotecki will be laid to rest Monday morning following a funeral mass, but Sunday there was a less formal gathering to honor the slain officer.
The funeral for Lower Burrell Police Officer Derek Kotecki will be held Monday morning and there will be road closures in the area.
It is a solemn weekend in Westmoreland County as family, friends, community members and police officers from across the area are remembering an officer killed in the line of duty.
Authorities in Westmoreland County are searching for a man who escaped from custody Friday evening at the State Police Greensburg Station in Hempfield Township. State police say 29-year-old Christopher Ghrist was in custody on drug charges and other criminal offenses.
Communities in Westmoreland County are coming together to support the family of fallen Lower Burrell Police Officer Derek Kotecki.
Tonight there are new details on the shootout that left a police officer dead along with the gunman. The KD Investigators have uncovered information on how the fugitive apparently set up an ambush and why he may not have acted alone.
Investigators are releasing new details today following autopsies on the Lower Burrell police officer who was shot and killed Wednesday night and the suspected gunman in the incident.
The night after a Lower Burrell police officer was shot and killed, a memorial of flowers and candles is continuing to grow outside the police station where he worked for nearly 18 years.
The death of Lower Burrell Police Officer Derek Kotecki has left a void in the community. He was shot and killed while trying to arrest 33-year-old Charlie Post outside the Dairy Queen on Greensburg Road in Lower Burrell on Wednesday.
The investigation continues today after a veteran police officer was shot and killed Wednesday evening outside of a restaurant in Lower Burrell. The fallen police officer has been identified as Officer Derek Kotecki, a K-9 officer with the Lower Burrell Police Department in Westmoreland County.
Friends and family of Officer Derek Kotecki are mourning today following the shooting outside the Dairy Queen in Lower Burrell that claimed his life. The flag outside the Lower Burrell Police Station has been lowered to half-staff in honor of Officer Kotecki.
In honor of Lower Burrell Police Patrolman Derek Kotecki, Governor Corbett has ordered all state flags to fly at half-staff.
The flags outside of the Lower Burrell Police Station in Westmoreland County are flying at half-staff today as people across the area mourn the loss of a veteran officer. Officer Derek Kotecki, 40, was an 18-year veteran of the police force and Lower Burrell's K-9 officer.
A police officer was killed in a shooting in Lower Burrell. This happened at about 7 p.m. outside the Dairy Queen in the 300-block of Greensburg Road.
A fight over a parking space turned violent in a Westmoreland County parking lot Tuesday.
A Braddock Police detective will head to trial on burglary and drug charges.
A man is facing charges after he pretended to be a teenager online and sent lewd text messages and photos to two teenage girls.
A fire sent crews to the abandoned Monsour Medical Center in Jeannette early this morning.
Hours after a major fire destroyed the Mason-Geldon Funeral Home in Jeannette, firefighters were still pouring water on the burned out building. The funeral home has been around for decades.
Cute? Cuddly? Maybe to some, but a baby gator may grow a foot a year, reaching 4 to 7 feet long, 270 to 800 pounds and can live 50 years in captivity.
A five-foot alligator has been seen on the banks of the Beaver Run Reservoir. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission tells KDKA that someone could be fined for dumping off an exotic pet such as the gator.
Hundreds of residents at a Westmoreland County mobile home park are being threatened with a water shut-off.
A Greensburg man is facing a list of charges after investigators say his 5-month-old son ended up in the hospital with severe injuries.
The Secret Service is coming to Greensburg to investigate after counterfeit money was used in the area. A woman used fake $10 bills to buy money orders at the Shop 'N Save on East Pittsburgh Street on two separate occasions.
