NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen is being laid to rest today at Jamesport Cemetery, following a Mass at Church of St. Rosalie in Hampton Bays. Thousands are expected to attend to pay their respects to the fallen officer, a Long Islander killed in a friendly fire shooting in Queens last week.

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