Funeral arrangements for officer killed in shooting announced

William H. Torbit will be laid to rest next week

Police on Thursday announced funeral arrangements for an officer killed last weekend while trying to quell an unruly crowd outside a club in downtown Baltimore.

A public viewing for Officer William H. Torbit, 33, will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wylie Funeral Home in Randallstown. Funeral services will take place the following day at 11 a.m. at The Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on North Charles St. in Baltimore.

Torbit's remains will be interred at Arbutus Memorial Park in Baltimore, police said.

Police believe Torbit was killed by friendly fire outside the Select Lounge in downtown Baltimore last weekend. A police investigation into that night's events is under way.

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