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Funeral arrangements have been announced for Corporal Timothy O'Connor Jr., a Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot and killed during a traffic stop in Chester County, Pennsylvania, last Sunday (March 8).
According to NBC10 Philadelphia, a viewing will be held Tuesday (March 17) from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at St. Joseph's Church, located at 338 Manor Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. The funeral will follow on Wednesday (March 18) at 11 a.m. at the same location.
O'Connor, 40, was a 15-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police. He is survived by his wife, Casey, and their 6-year-old daughter.
Authorities say O'Connor was responding to a report of an erratic driver in West Caln Township when he stopped the vehicle at Route 10 and Michael Road. Within seconds of approaching the car, the driver opened fire, fatally wounding the trooper. The suspect, Jesse Nathan Elks, 32, then took his own life.
Tributes have poured in at the Embreeville barracks in Chester County, where flowers and other items now cover O'Connor's patrol car. His mother remembered him as always a "vigilant protector."
According to 6ABC Action News, O'Connor enlisted in September 2010 as part of the 131st cadet class of the Pennsylvania State Police. He served at Troop J in Avondale before joining the Criminal Investigation Unit in 2016. He transferred back to Troop J at the Embreeville Station in 2022 and was promoted to corporal that July. He is the 105th member of the Pennsylvania State Police to die in the line of duty.