Remembering Officer Stephen J. Mayhle

On Saturday April 4, 2009 Pittsburgh police officers Eric G. Kelly, Stephen J. Mayhle, and Paul J. Sciullo II were killed in the line of duty while responding to a 911 call in the Stanton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh. I covered the viewing and funeral for Officer Mayhle who left behind a wife and two young daughters.

Pittsburgh police officers leave the John A. Lefdahl funeral home after attending a viewing for officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 10, 2009.


Pittsburgh police officers stand outside the John A. Lefdahl funeral home while attending a viewing for officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 10, 2009.


Pittsburgh police officer Dawn Mercurio holds her daughter Alexis, 11, outside the John A. Lefdahl funeral home while attending a viewing for officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 10, 2009. Mercurio graduated from the academy with officer Mayhle.


A horse-drawn hearse carrying Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle arrives at Oakland Cemetery in Indiana on April 11, 2009.


A color guard leaves Oakland Cemetery following graveside services for Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 11, 2009.


The family of Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle arrives at Oakland Cemetery in Indiana on April 11, 2009.


A mourner carries a flag at Oakland Cemetery during graveside services for Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle in Indiana on April 11, 2009.


Pittsburgh police officers console each other following graveside services for Officer Stephen J. Mayhle at Oakland Cemetery in Indiana on April 11, 2009.


Brooklynn Mayhle (middle) and her sister Jennifer (right) stand by as their family is presented with a resolution honoring their father, fallen Pittsburgh police officer Stephen J. Mayhle, by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania?s Council of Trustees on the campus in Indiana on May 1, 2009. Mayhle was a 2002 graduate of IUP.