Mourners honor slain McKeesport officer

By JOYCE HANZ

Trib Total Media

Brittany Weaver of Monessen broke down in tears Sunday afternoon en route to pay her respects to slain McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski. Sluganski, 32, of McKeesport was killed in the line of duty Feb. 6 while responding to a domestic/mental health incident in the city. Weaver, 33, worked with Sluganski for several years when she was a 911 dispatcher and he was a Charleroi police officer. “He was just one of the most genuinely good dudes,” she said. “He always made the shifts exciting, and he was so nice to talk to. It didn’t matter who you were, he always treated everyone the same and always tried to get you to laugh.

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