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MIAMI – Hundreds attended the viewing for fallen Officer Cesar “Echy” Echaverry held on Monday. The viewing was open to the public from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Vior Funeral Home located at 291 NW 37th Avenue in Miami. Echaverry, 29, was shot last Monday night while trying to arrest a suspect tied […]

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