Slain MIT officer remembered

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The MIT officer who was shot on the night of April 17, 2013 has been identified as Sean Collier, 26, of Somerville, Mass.

A memorial Tumblr site has been started for friends and family to share pictures and memories of Collier.

Pallbearers carry the casket slain MIT police officer Sean Collier during his funeral at St. Patrick's Church in Stoneham, Mass., April 23, 2013.

A personal photo from the MIT Outing Club, of which Collier was a member, shows the MIT police officer hiking in Newfoundland.

Sean Collier, 26, was shot and killed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, according to police.

A personal photo from the MIT Outing Club, of which Collier was a member, shows the MIT police officer with fellow club members on Canon Mountain.

Sean Collier, 26, was shot and killed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, according to police.

Law enforcement officers walk in formation into the funeral for slain MIT police officer Sean Collier at St. Patrick's Church in Stoneham, Mass., April 23, 2013.

A personal photo from the MIT Outing Club, of which Collier was a member, shows the MIT police officer on a winter trip to Mt. Washington.

Sean Collier, 26, was shot and killed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, according to police.

A personal photo from the MIT Outing Club, of which Collier was a member, shows the MIT police officer on an outing with fellow club members.

Sean Collier, 26, was shot and killed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, according to police.

A boy and his mother hold American flags outside of the funeral for the slain MIT police officer Sean Collier at St. Patrick's Church in Stoneham, Mass., April 23, 2013.

A personal photo from the MIT Outing Club, of which Collier was a member, shows the MIT police officer with fellow club members on a winter trip to Mt. Washington.

Sean Collier, 26, was shot and killed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, according to police.

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A photo of MIT officer Sean Collier from a memorial web site has been started for friends and family to share pictures and memories of Collier.

Pallbearers carry the casket of slain MIT police officer Sean Collier during his funeral at St. Patrick's Church in Stoneham, Mass., April 23, 2013.

Screen_Shot_2013-04-19_at_6.16.06_PM.png — Sean Collier memorial web site

A photo of MIT officer Sean Collier from a memorial web site has been started for friends and family to share pictures and memories of Collier.

Law enforcement officers walk in formation into the funeral for slain MIT police officer Sean Collier at St. Patrick's Church in Stoneham, Mass., April 23, 2013.

A Revere, Mass. police captain holds his cap while entering a memorial service for fallen Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier, in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

Police officers arrive to a memorial service for fallen MIT campus officer Sean Collier in Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

Pallbearers carry the casket of fallen Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer Sean Collier into St. Patrick's Church before a funeral Mass, in Stoneham, Mass., Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Collier was fatally shot on the MIT campus Thursday, April 18, 2013. Authorities allege that the Boston Marathon bombing suspects were responsible.

The Boston Red Sox line up during a tribute to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath, as an image of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier is displayed on the scoreboard, before a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals in Boston, Saturday, April 20, 2013.

A woman holds a program as she arrives to a memorial service for fallen MIT campus officer Sean Collier at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., on April 24, 2013.