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Photos: Funeral services held for Monterey Park mass shooting victim Valentino Alvero

Alvero's casket leaves St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church.
Alvero’s casket leaves St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
By Carolyn Cole, 
Wally Skalij
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Funeral services were held Friday for Monterey Park mass shooting victim Valentino Alvero.

Mourners filed into St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church, not far from the Star Ballroom Dance Studio, where a gunman killed 11 and wounded nine others.

People gather outside Saint Stephen Martyr Catholic Church
Mourners at the funeral for mass shooting victim Valentino Alvero embrace outside St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Monterey Park.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
Men carry a casket from the curb onto the sidewalk in front of a church entrance
Pallbearers carry the casket of Valentino Alvero into St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Monterey Park.
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Kristenne Reidy gets a hug while holding her daughter, Joan Reidy, 3, after the funeral service.
Kristenne Reidy, center, daughter of Valentino Alvero, embraces a fellow mourner while holding her daughter, Joan Reidy, 3, after the funeral.
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Pallbearers bring a casket into a church in a view from above and behind
The casket of Valentino Alvero is brought into St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Monterey Park.
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A priest sprinkles holy water on a casket amid a cluster of people, including pallbearers
The casket of Valentino Alvero is blessed as it is removed from St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church after his funeral.
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The casket leaves Saint Stephen Martyr Catholic Church.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
A boy holds a flower before placing it on the casket at Resurrection Cemetery.
A boy holds a flower before placing it on the casket at Resurrection Cemetery in Monterey Park.
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Kristenne Reidy is held by her husband Skyler near the casket
Kristenne Reidy is held by her husband Skyler near the casket at Resurrection Cemetery.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

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Carolyn Cole

Carolyn Cole is a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times. Her coverage of the civil crisis in Liberia won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. Cole has been named U.S. newspaper photographer of the year three times. Cole grew up in California and Virginia, before attending the University of Texas, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She went on to earn a master of art’s degree from Ohio University.

Wally Skalij

Wally Skalij joined the Los Angeles Times as a staff photographer in 1997.

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