Family, friends and law enforcement officers from all around New Jersey gathered for the wake of Detective /*Mark DiNardo*.
DiNardo, a 10-year veteran of the Jersey City force, was pronounced dead Tuesday, one day before his 38th birthday.
The married father of three young children was shot in the face during a July 16 gun battle with two armed robbery suspects. Both suspects were killed in the shootout, which left several other officers wounded.
Hundreds attended a blood drive that his family organized in his memory on Wednesday. New Jersey Blood Services says it was the second-largest single-day blood drive in the agency's 35-year history.
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