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ger may have hurt other people if the officers had not stopped him.
• "I believe other people would have been hurt or possibly may have died from bullets in that gun if the officers had not responded," he said.
• Rapid City Police Chief Steve Allender said such ceremonies are difficult but help people heal.
• "It's a sad time. We miss our guys every day," Allender said. "I just wonder how long it's going to linger in our hallways. I don't think all of our employees have recovered."
• During the service in the church, officers and family members placed blue carna

tions on a table to honor the fallen officers as South Dakota Attorney General Mary Jackley read the names of all officers who have died in more than a century.
• McKenzie Armstrong, a brother of Officer Nick Armstrong, said the ceremony was a reminder of the support the officers' families are receiving from people across South Dakota.
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