Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas.
Funerals will be held Wednesday for Dallas Police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens, Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith and Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Brent Thompson.
Ahrens' funeral will take place in Plano.
A private funeral for Smith is planned Wednesday at the Farmers Branch church he and his family attended, and a public service will take place Thursday at the Dallas church where he worked security.
After a Dallas memorial service, Thompson's funeral will be at a church in Corsicana, the town south of Dallas where he lived.
Dallas Police Officer Michael Krol's funeral is set for Friday, and Dallas police Officer Patrick Zamarripa's funeral will be held Saturday.
Service for Michael Smith
A few hundred mourners gathered for a private Catholic funeral service for Dallas police Sgt. Michael Smith, a former U.S. Army Ranger known for his upbeat attitude and compassionate approach to others.
Smith, his wife and their two daughters were members of Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch, north of Dallas, where his service was held Wednesday. A public service was scheduled Thursday for Smith at a Dallas church where he worked security.
Smith was an Army Ranger before joining the Dallas police force in 1989. He once received a "Cops' Cop" award from the Dallas Police Association.
Service for Brent Thompson
A memorial service has begun at a Dallas church for Brent Thompson, one of the five officers killed last week by a gunman at a downtown protest march.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers in crisp formal uniforms gathered Wednesday at The Potter's House, a Dallas megachurch headed by celebrity Bishop T.D. Jakes.
The service featured a montage of photos of the 43-year-old Thompson with family, friends and fellow officers with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
A funeral service for Thompson, a newlywed, was scheduled for later Wednesday in Corsicana, south of Dallas.
Thompson and four Dallas officers were fatally shot during a protest against the police killings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Nine officers and two civilians were injured in the attack.
Service for Lorne Ahrens
The colleagues of Dallas police Sr. Cpl. Lorne Ahrens have told law enforcement officers from as far away as Canada that Ahrens was a "supersized can of kickass" who was a voracious reader with an intelligence that was equal to his size.
Hundreds gathered Wednesday at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano to mourn the 6-foot-5, 300-lb. Ahrens.
The 48-year-old Ahrens worked with the Los Angeles County sheriff's department and was a semipro football player before moving to Texas and joining the Dallas police force.
He often volunteered, in uniform, at the school his 8-year-old and 10-year-old attended.
Watch livestreams of memorial services for the officers who were killed last week in downtown Dallas. These livestreams are courtesy of KXAS NBC 5:
Dallas Police Sgt. Michael Smith:
DART officer Brent Thompson: