In Photos: Over Two Days, Paying Final Respects To Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley

By Eli Imadali and Hart Van Denburg

· Mar. 29, 2021, 6:14 pm

Denver Police Honor Guard members carry the casket of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51, who was killed in last week’s King Soopers shooting in Boulder, down the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado on Monday, March 29, 2021.

Over the course of two days, family, friends and colleagues gathered to pay their final respects to Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley. On Monday, there was a private Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver.

On Tuesday, a public ceremony at Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette drew mourners from all over the region.

The 51-year-old husband and father of seven was shot and killed at a Boulder King Soopers last Monday where a gunman opened fire, killing 10 people, including Talley.

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Clergy members carry a cross as they walk into a funeral Mass for Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51, who was killed in last week’s King Soopers shooting in Boulder, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado on Monday, March 29, 2021.

Family members of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley walk into the late officer’s funeral Mass at Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver on Monday.

Denver Sheriff Honor Guard members look on as family enters the funeral Mass for Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley on Monday.

A Denver Police Honor Guard member lays an American flag over the casket of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley on the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver on Monday.

An American flag flies on the hearse for Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley outside the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver on Monday.

Jackie Ward of Aurora, among other passersby, watches and makes a video as the casket of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley is carried down the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver on Monday.

Denver Police Honor Guard members carry the casket of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51, who was killed in last week’s King Soopers shooting in Boulder, down the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado on Monday, March 29, 2021.

Denver Police officers stand still as the casket of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley is put in a hearse at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception on Monday.

The American flag flies over the police procession carrying the body of Boulder Police Officer Eric Talley, 51, who was killed in last week’s King Soopers shooting in Boulder, down Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado on Monday, March 29, 2021.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — The first wave of a long procession carrying the casket of Officer Talley on Interstate 25, Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — The procession and hearse carrying Officer Talley's casket exits Interstate 25 near Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Mounted patrol units from various Colorado jurisdictions were among those lining the procession route for Officer Talley in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — People pay their respects to Officer Talley as the procession moves toward Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Paying respects to Officer Talley on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Paying respects to Officer Talley on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Paying respects to Officer Talley on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Paying respects to Officer Talley on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Paying respects to Officer Talley on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Law enforcement members gather in the parking lot of Flatirons Community Church.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — People pay their respects to Officer Talley as the procession moves toward Flatirons Community Church in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Mounted patrol units from various Colorado jurisdictions were among those lining the procession route for Officer Talley in Lafayette.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — Joe Duran of Thornton,,salutes as a hearse carrying the casket of Officer Eric Talley leaves Foothills Community Church.

210330-TALLEY-FUNERAL-LAFAYETTE — The procession for slain Officer Eric Talley leaves Foothills Community Church in Lafayette on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.

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