In the early morning light on Friday, more than 100 Austin Police Department cadets and training officers lined the block in front of the police headquarters in downtown Austin, waiting for the funeral procession of fallen SWAT officer Jorge “George” Pastore.
Among them was Lt. Elijah Myrick, who said he knew Pastore very well. He remembered the 38-year-old as a passionate, service-driven volunteer.
“Doing that extra 10%, that’s what he was about,” Myrick said. “That’s what he instilled in his life at the department and off the department, and I think that’s an important thing to remember.”
The funeral for Pastore, the Austin SWAT officer who was killed this past weekend after a firefight at a South Austin home, is set for Friday morning, preceded by a funeral procession of emergency vehicles.