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Funeral services for fallen Gwinnett officer released

The officer killed in a shooting Saturday will be honored with a visitation on Tuesday afternoon and evening and a funeral happening Wednesday morning at Crowell Brothers Funeral Home in Peachtree Corners.
Credit: Gwinnett Police Department

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- The celebration of life services for fallen Gwinnett Officer Antwan Toney have been announced.

The officer who was killed in a shooting on Saturday afternoon will have a visitation on Tuesday afternoon and evening followed by a funeral on Wednesday morning.

Visitation will be on Oct. 23 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Crowell Brothers Funeral Home

5051 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard

Peachtree Corners, Ga.

The funeral will be Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m.:

12Stone Church

1322 Buford Drive

Lawrenceville, Ga.

Credit: Gwinnett Police Department

Toney's family has arrived in Georgia from southern California to attend the services. Gwinnett County Police officers plan to escort them back to California with Toney's remains for a second funeral happening Nov. 3 in Los Angeles.

The 30-year-old officer was shot and killed while responding to an anonymous call about a suspicious vehicle outside Shiloh Middle School near Snellville Saturday afternoon.

One of the suspects, 19-year-old Isaiah Pretlow, is facing charges in connection with crashing the suspect car and firing at officers who brought him into custody.

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The second suspect, 18-year-old Tafahree Maynard, is accused of firing on Officer Toney as he approached their car, parked near Shiloh Middle School on Saturday. He was shot and killed by police on Monday after he was discovered in a shed behind a nearby home.

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