Family and friends will mourn Pennsylvania State Trooper David Kedra, who was accidentally shot and killed at a suburban Philly gun range training center, Sunday at his funeral.
The services will begin at 6 p.m. Oct. 5 at John F. Givinish of Academy Road in Northeast Philadelphia, according to 26-year-old Kedra's obituary. The trooper's burial will be private.
Kedra, who enlisted in the Pennsylvania State Police in June 2012, was shot in the chest by another trooper Tuesday during a yearly training exercise at the Montgomery County Public Safety Training Complex in Conshohocken, near Philadelphia, state police said.
He was flown by helicopter to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Instead of flowers, the family requested mourners donate to the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association's Troopers Helping Troopers Foundation in Kedra's memory.
Kedra, a 2006 graduate of Roman Catholic High School and a 2010 graduate of Temple University, was named Trooper of the Month in July 2013, his obituary said.
Raised in Northeast Philly before making his home in East Coventry Township, Chester County, Kedra is survived by his parents, George and Joan; brothers, Kevin and Brian; a sister, Christine; and his fiancee, Suzanne Carrieri.
Gov. Tom Corbett ordered Pennsylvania flags to fly at half-staff in Kedra's honor Wednesday.
The campus where the shooting occurred has classrooms and training facilities for firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians.
