
Alvero’s casket leaves St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church.
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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.

Mourners at the funeral for mass shooting victim Valentino Alvero embrace outside St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Monterey Park.
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Pallbearers carry the casket of Valentino Alvero into St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Monterey Park.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)

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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The casket of Valentino Alvero is brought into St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church in Monterey Park.
(Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

The casket of Valentino Alvero is blessed as it is removed from St. Stephen Martyr Catholic Church after his funeral.
(Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)

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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 at Resurrection Cemetery.
(Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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