UPDATE: The funeral has been moved to Oracle Arena due to capacity concerns, according to Hayward police spokesman Eric Krimm. The date and time remain the same.
The viewing will still be held at the Chapel of the Chimes in Hayward. The viewing hours will be from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
HAYWARD (BCN) — The funeral service for slain Hayward police Sgt. Scott Lunger is tentatively scheduled to be held at a church in Castro Valley next Thursday morning, police said.
Lunger, 48, was fatally shot near Myrtle and Lion streets in Hayward at about 3:15 a.m. Wednesday after he and another officer stopped a truck that was being driven erratically.
Lunger’s service is scheduled to be held at the Neighborhood Church at 20600 John Drive in Castro Valley at 10 a.m. next Thursday, police said.
A viewing is tentatively scheduled to be held sometime next Wednesday at the Chapel of the Chimes at 32992 Mission Blvd. in Hayward.
Meanwhile, Lunger’s body was being escorted this afternoon by officers from Hayward and other agencies from the Alameda County coroner’s bureau in Oakland to the Chapel of the Chimes, Hayward officials said.
It was expected to enter the Hayward portion of the route between 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., Hayward city spokesman Frank Holland said.
Police Capt. Mark Koller said Lunger, a 15-year veteran of the department who lived in Brentwood, was shot without warning as he approached the driver’s side of the vehicle after he and another officer stopped the suspect.
The other officer returned fire at the suspect, later identified as 21-year-old Mark Anthony Estrada of Oakland, but Estrada managed to flee the scene, according to police.
Estrada eventually wound up at Highland Hospital in Oakland, where he is under guard and being treated for injuries aren’t considered life-threatening, police said.
People who want to make donations should contact the Hayward Police Officers’ Association at (510) 293-5010, police said.
Hayward police and the officers’ association said they haven’t established any accounts on GoFundMe or other crowdfunding sites to raise money for Lunger’s family.