Officer Kevin Scott leads the riderless horse honoring Officer Spree DeSha during her funeral processional, ending at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels downtown. DeSha died in Friday’s Metrolink crash. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles firefighters salute the hearse carrying Officer DeSha’s casket on the way to her service. (Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD officers hug before the service for DeSha. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
An honor guard carries the casket of Officer DeSha into the cathedral. (Spencer Weiner / Los Angeles Times)
DeSha’s badge and hat are displayed at her funeral. Police reported earlier that DeSha’s badge was bent almost in half by the force of the Metrolink crash. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD Officer Laura Gerritsen touches the casket of DeSha, her life partner, at the funeral. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A Los Angeles police officer attending the funeral for fellow Officer DeSha holds a program with her picture. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Officers salute during a police honor service for LAPD Officer Spree DeSha after her funeral at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles police Chief William J. Bratton gives a folded flag from the casket of Officer Spree DeSha to her mother, Sha Moran, and father, Allan. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Sha Moran is comforted by her husband, Allan, as she clutches the flag that draped their daughter Spree DeSha’s casket. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Allan and Sha Moran, far right, mourn over their daughter Spree DeSha’s casket with her life partner, LAPD Officer Laura Gerritsen. The woman at left is unidentified. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Sha Moran releases a dove above daughter Spree DeSha’s casket. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
LAPD Officer Laura Gerritsen hugs a fellow officer after the funeral service for her life partner, Spree DeSha. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
