Family, friends gather for fallen firefighter

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Friends and household volition accidental their last goodbye astatine a ceremonial Thursday for a Chicago firefighter who died successful the enactment of duty

MaShawn Plummer died past period aft warring a occurrence connected the city's Northwest Side that besides killed a civilian.

A visitation was held for Plummer Wednesday night. A last visitation volition beryllium held astatine 9 a.m. astatine House of Hope Church, 752 E. 114th St.

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Following the last visitation, ceremonial services volition statesman astatine 11 a.m. and volition beryllium followed by a procession to Oak Woods Cemetery connected 67th Street.

The 30-year-old Chicago rookie firefighter was honored astatine a South Side ceremonial location by his brothers and sisters successful azygous for his eventual sacrifice.

A Chicagoan who grew up successful Englewood, Plummer was besides a assemblage postgraduate who had studied pre-law but yet decided to articulation the occurrence department.

"Instead of being a lawyer helium decided, due to the fact that helium has a beauteous heart, to prevention people," neighbour Dolores Johnson said. "That's wherefore helium went to beryllium a fireman."

Johnson said she watched Plummer turn up close crossed the street.

"Everybody was brainsick astir him," she said. "Everybody loved him. We loved him to death. Like I said....respectful, conscionable a saccharine young man."

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Plummer collapsed portion battling a occurrence successful the Belmont-Central vicinity backmost connected December 16. He was successful the basement of a gathering connected North Mamora and was pulled retired and rushed to the hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died from his injuries conscionable implicit 2 weeks ago.

"It's sad. He was a bully guy," neighbour Arnetta Carr said. "His household brought him up existent good. I springiness them a pat connected their back, helium was a bully boy."

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Another antheral who lived successful the building, 37-year-old Eladio Gomez, besides died successful the fire. But neighbors accidental Plummer's efforts were to prevention much lives. The antheral who could person pursued a vocation arsenic a lawyer chose to support his city.

"He was a beauteous young man! With a bully bosom and good educated," Johnson said.

"He had a bosom for everybody," Carr added.

Plummer was a subordinate of the Engine 94 firehouse successful the Portage Park neighborhood. He had conscionable celebrated his archetypal day arsenic a firefighter/EMT successful December.