Family, friends and law enforcement gather to lay Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall to rest Tuesday, July 23, 2019, during a funeral at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland and burial at Homewood Cemetery in Point Breeze. Hall was off-duty when he was shot in the back during an argument in Homewood on Sunday, July 14. He died three days later at UPMC Presbyterian. Officer Hall, “one of the good ones,” was known for his “upbeat personality.”
Pittsburgh police officers salute as pallbearers carry the casket of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall after the conclusion of his funeral, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh police Officer Reggie Eiland, who was Officer Calvin Hall’s partner, presents a flag to Officer Hall’s fiancee Angel Warren, during Hall’s burial service, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Homewood Cemetery in Point Breeze. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Mounted patrol Officer Justin Susich leads a riderless horse in the funeral procession before the burial service for Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Homewood Cemetery in Point Breeze. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Fred Ottison, of Atlanta, Ga., a cousin of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, places a rose on his casket during the burial service for Officer Hall, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Homewood Cemetery in Point Breeze. Officer Hall was off duty when he was shot in Homewood July 14, and he died from his injuries on July 17. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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The family of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall is escorted from his funeral, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Pallbearers remove the casket after the funeral of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Angel Warren, left, fiancee of Officer Calvin Hall, and Hall’s siblings Curtis Washington, center, and Eugenia Hall Miller wait to enter the funeral of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Members of the Pittsburgh police color guard and the family of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall stand during Hall’s funeral Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Steve Mellon/Post-Gazette)Pennsylvania State Police troopers line up to enter the funeral of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)George E. Green Jr., left, and his wife Shirley Green, both of Brentwood, watch as Pittsburgh police officers line up to enter the funeral of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh police officers march along Fifth Avenue en-route to the funeral of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)
“He was very energetic, very funny, always smiled,” said Leonard Hall, uncle to Officer Hall, outside Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum during the viewing on Monday.
Beverly Griffin of Wilkinsburg touches a wreath on the front of an empty, flashing police cruiser as she goes into the viewing for her nephew, Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Monday, July 22, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. “He was a good kid, he’d help anybody,” said Ms. Griffin, arriving with other members of Officer Hall’s extended family. “He loved his family.” (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Police officers arrive at the viewing for Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Monday, July 22, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Sue Sciullo, left, and Paul “Max” Sciullo, right, mother and father of slain Pittsburgh police Officer Paul J. Sciullo II, walk with Pittsburgh police Zone 5 Commander Jason Lando, center, as they arrive at the viewing for Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, Monday, July 22, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)People walk past the empty police cruiser of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall as they arrive for his viewing on Monday, July 22, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. Hall was off duty when he was fatally shot July 14 during an argument in Homewood. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)A lone rose sits atop the rain-spattered police car of Officer Calvin Hall outside of his viewing, Monday, July 22, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)Eugenia Hall Miller, left, sister of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, arrives at the viewing for her brother, Monday, July 22, 2019, at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum in Oakland. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
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Hundreds of police officers held an end of watch ceremony Saturday night to honor Hall.
Pittsburgh police officers Jamie Pacucci, left, and Reggie Eiland, right, both from Zone 1, comfort Angel Warren, center, the fiancee of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, as she reacts to the call over the police scanner announcing the end of watch for Officer Hall during a ceremony, Saturday, July 20, 2019, in front of the Zone 1 police station on the North Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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Police stand in formation in front of the Zone 1 police station on the North Side, Saturday, July 20, 2019, for an end of watch ceremony for Pittsburgh police officer Calvin Hall, who died Wednesday after being shot Sunday while off duty in Homewood. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Police officers comfort each other after an end of watch ceremony for Pittsburgh police officer Calvin Hall, who died Wednesday after being shot Sunday while off duty in Homewood, in front of the Zone 1 police station, Saturday, July 20, 2019, on the North Side. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
Police gathered along the route of the procession from UPMC Presbyterian, where Officer Hall died, to the medical examiner’s office on Wednesday.
Pittsburgh police officers line up in formation as a procession leads a vehicle carrying the body of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall as it makes its way to the medical examiners office, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. Officer Hall succumbed to his wounds today after being shot three times in the back during an argument in Homewood early Sunday morning. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Pittsburgh police officers salute as a procession leads a vehicle carrying the body of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall as it makes its way to the medical examiners office, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland. Officer Hall succumbed to his wounds today after being shot three times in the back while walking away from an argument in Homewood early Sunday morning. (Michael M. Santiago/Post-Gazette)Officers stand outside the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office after the procession from UPMC Presbyterian. Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, who died Wednesday, July 17 after being shot the previous Sunday while off duty in Homewood, arrived there Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in the Strip District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Officers stand outside the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office after the procession from UPMC Presbyterian for the body of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall arrived there, Wednesday, July 17, 2019, in the Strip District. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)Mourners of Pittsburgh police Officer Calvin Hall, who died Wednesday, July 17, 2019 after being shot Sunday while off duty, gather outside of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office in the Strip District following a procession from UPMC Presbyterian. Sgt. Joseph Lewis, who heads the Northview Heights Public Safety Center, hugs an unidentified woman. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)
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