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Salem State Pauses to Remember Slain Graduate
The university held a moment of silence Saturday before the Salem State baseball game, remembering Sean Collier and Boston bombing victims
Dedication ceremonies in memory of Johnny Pesky on Saturday included a moment of silence for Salem State University graduate Sean Collier and victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Sean, 26, was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer shot and killed Thursday night in his vehicle near Vassar and Main Street in Cambridge.
The shooting began a string of events that led to one of the alleged Boston Marathon bombers being killed in a shootout with police.
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Sean graduated from Salem State with honors with a criminal justice degree in 2009.
Saturday's ceremonies took place at the university’s baseball field, before the Viking's game against Bridgewater State University.
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Pacth will have a story on the ceremonies on Sunday.
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