McKeesport says goodbye to Sluganski

Officer Chuck Thomas, center, Sean Sluganski’s partner, embraces members of Sluganski’s family during Tuesday’s funeral service at St. Albert the Great Church in Baldwin.

By PAULA REED WARD, JULIA FELTON, RYAN DETO and JULIE
MARUCA

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“I’m a cop.” With those simple words, Sean Sluganski reaffirmed who he was, what he stood for and how he wanted to be viewed — not only by the public but also by his devoted fiancé, his adoring daughter, his doting mother, his loving sisters. And those with whom he served. He was a protector — of his loved ones, of his community, of right over wrong. And he was a cop to his core, to the day he was fatally shot while responding to a domestic incident.

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