PITTSBURGH (NEWSRADIO 1020 KDKA) — Lower Burrell Police Officer Derek Kotecki fell in the line of duty, and his loss is reverberating throughout the community.

KDKA AM’s Larry Richert and John Shumway talk to Lower Burrell Mayor Donald Kinosz and Lower Burrell Councilman David Regoli about Officer Kotecki’s life and what his loss means to the community.

“As an elected official, that’s the last call you ever want to receive, that one of your best and brightest officers has been gunned down,” said Councilman Regoli.