EUCLID, Ohio — The funeral for fallen Euclid Police Officer Jacob Derbin, 23, is set for this weekend.
Calling hours will be Friday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Home on Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights, according to the funeral home's website. A funeral for Derbin will then be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at St. Columbkille Church on Broadview Road in Parma. Burial will be held after the service at St. Mary's Cemetery in Cuyahoga Heights.
The obituary states that in lieu of flowers, contributions are encouraged to the Euclid Police Department and K-9 Fund.
Derbin was shot and killed in the line of duty after responding to a disturbance call, according to authorities. Police said after being dispatched to a home on the 300 block of East 211th Street just before 10 p.m., a gunman opened fire. Derbin was shot and rushed to a hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Derbin has been with the Euclid Police Department for less than a year and served in the Army reserves. He was engaged and had a wedding planned for July.