Thousands Mourn Loss of Slain Riverside Police Officer, Marine

Thousands Mourn Loss of Slain Riverside Police Officer, Marine
Michael Crain, a former Camp Pendleton Marine, was killed in the line of duty on the morning of Feb. 7, 2013
By Renee Schiavone

Riverside Police Officer Michael ‘Mike’ Crain was a family man remembered Wednesday not only as a devoted Marine and an “ideal officer” by the police department—but also a perfect “wing man” by his friends.

Crain, who was killed in the line of duty on the morning of Feb. 7, was honored at a memorial service at the Grove Community Church in Riverside with an estimated 8,000 people in attendance; the majority of them fellow members of the law enforcement community.

Friends and family painted a picture of the life tragically lost as one that will be dearly missed by all those he touched in his 34 years—11 of which were spent working for the Riverside Police Department and four of which were spent in the United States Marine Corps.
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