Image: Magnus Ahrens carries a folded U.S. flag after the burial ceremony for his father, Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal Lorne B. Ahrens, who was among five police officers shot dead the previous week, at Restland Public Safety Memorial Gardens

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Funerals Begin for Slain Dallas Police Officers

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Funerals were held Wednesday for three of the five police officer's killed in last week's ambush.

Image: Funeral Held In Dallas For Officer Thompson Killed During Shootings Targeting Dallas Police

Police officers salute during funeral services for slain Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police officer Brent Thompson at the Potter's House Church on July 13 in Dallas.

Thompson was one of the five officers killed by a sniper who ambushed them at a protest against police shootings on July 7.

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Police officers salute in front of the casket before the funeral services for Senior Cpl. Lorne B. Ahrens at The Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.

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Image: Office workers line a street to support the funeral procession of Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal Lorne B. Ahrens in Dallas

Office workers line a street to support the funeral procession of Senior Cpl. Lorne B. Ahrens in Dallas.

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An honor guard retires the U.S. flag on the casket of Police Officer Brent Thompson after his memorial service at The Potter's House in Dallas.

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Image: Funeral Held For Dallas Police Department Senior Corporal Ahrens Killed During Shooting Of Police Officers

Firefighters hang a U.S. flag before the funeral service for Dallas Police Senior Cpl. Lorne Ahrens at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.

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Katrina Ahrens, widow of Senior Corporal Lorne Ahrens, comforts their son after shots were fired in a salute during his burial service in Richardson, Texas.

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Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Cpl. Gary Hutchinson salutes the funeral procession for Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith on Interstate 20 in Duncanville, Texas on July 13.

—Nathan Hunsinger / Dallas Morning News via AP