Reedley Police Officer Javier Bejar, an alumnus of California State University, Fresno, was laid to rest in the Reedley Cemetery following a memorial service at the Fresno Convention Center on Monday, March 8.

Officer Bejar was fatally wounded in a shootout Feb. 26 in Minkler as he tried to assist other law enforcement officers in the rescue of Fresno County Sheriff’s Deputy Joel Wahlenmaier, who also was fatally wounded as he tried to serve a search warrant.

Flags on the Fresno State campus were lowered to half staff and University Police Department badges were banded with black until the conclusion of Officer Bejar’s interment.

More information is available at www.fresnostatenews.com/2010/02/campus-flag-lowering/.