Honoring slain MPD officer

"Minneapolis police officer Jamal Mitchell represented all that is good about the men and women of the Minneapolis Police Department and police departments around this state and this country."

Law enforcement, friends, and Minneapolis leaders gathered at a memorial service yesterday for Mitchell, who was shot and killed on May 30.

Catch up quick: During an active shooter call, Mitchell was trying to help a man he thought was hurt. Officials say that man "ambushed" Mitchell.

• Mitchell's alleged shooter and two other civilians died.

O'Hara posthumously awarded Mitchell with MPD's two highest honors: the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart.

What they said: "He was a hero," Mayor Jacob Frey said in his eulogy, noting Mitchell "chose the profession of policing post-2020."

• "Of all the cities in the world, he chose us."

Go deeper: Mitchell's Star Tribune obituary