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CALL OF DUTY: Stacey Thalmann (in black and white jacket), is surrounded by family, friends and her son Alex’s fellow officers at candlelight vigil held at Festival Park in Washington Wednesday night. Alex Thalmann, a graduate of Washington High School and of Beaufort County Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training program, was killed in the line of duty Friday night in New Bern. He had worked for the New Bern Police Department for seven months.

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A MOMENT OF SILENCE: Washington Police and Fire Services Director Stacy Drakeford, Greenville Police Chief Hassan Aden and New Bern Chief of Police Toussaint E. Summers Jr. light candles in memory of New Bern Police Officer Alex Thalmann, killed in the line of duty Friday night. Thalmann grew up in Washington Park and was a graduate of Washington High School.

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VIGIL: Stacey Thalmann, mother of slain New Bern Police Officer Alex Thalmann, addresses the many friends, family members and law enforcement officers from across eastern North Carolina who attended the candlelight vigil at Festival Park in Washington on Wednesday night.