Retired San Francisco Police Deputy Chief Ann Mannix and her daughter Katie were honored Friday with a full police honor guard funeral at St. Ignatius Church, nearly two weeks after both were killed in their Marin County home, The San Francisco Standard and NBC Bay Area reported.
Why it matters: Mannix spent 34 years with SFPD and opened doors for women in the department. NBC Bay Area noted that full ceremonial memorials like this are rare, and even more unusual for a former command staff member and her civilian daughter.
A procession across the city
A line of police motorcycles escorted two hearses up Fulton Street to the church on Friday morning, the Standard reported. A giant American flag hung from a fire engine ladder above the crowd. Mayor Daniel Lurie, Police Chief Derrick Lew, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and other city leaders stood among rows of officers as Ann Mannix's coffin was carried in to the sound of bagpipes.
Family remembers them
"My mom was the best mother I could have ever asked for," her daughter Lauren Mannix told mourners, according to the Standard. Speaking of her sister, she said, "She is spunky, beautiful, smart, kind and always keeps you on your toes," NBC Bay Area reported.
Her son, Kevin Mannix, called his mother "a mentor to me, my sisters, my friends, and young men and women of the San Francisco Police Department." Her brother, retired Police Commander Rich Correia, described her rise through the ranks.
NBC Bay Area reported that Mannix was the first woman to join and then lead SFPD's SWAT team. Katie Mannix was studying to be a nurse, NBC said, citing the San Francisco Chronicle.
The case
The two were killed Oct. 11 in Strawberry. NBC Bay Area reported that investigators say Ann Mannix's estranged husband, retired SFPD officer Kevin Mannix, shot them before turning the gun on himself. The Standard described the killings as allegedly carried out by him and said they remain under investigation. The Standard reported that his name was not mentioned during the service.