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• SERVICES SET FOR GALT OFFICER KILLED BY SUSPECT: GALT (AP) — Authorities say the public is invited to attend funeral services for a Galt police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty earlier this week.Officials say the funeral for Kevin Tonn is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Adventure Christian Church in Roseville.Following the services at the church, a funeral procession to Sierra Hills Memorial Park & East Lawn Mortuary is planned.After the procession and graveside service, there will be a reception held at the Citrus Heights Community Center.Tonn was shot when he went to question a possible suspect who fit the description of a burglar police were looking for a little before noon Wednesday.Authorities say the gunman — 30-year-old Humphrey Kenneth Gascon Jr. — then shot and killed himself.Galt police say the 35-year-old Tonn was a 3 1/2-year veteran of the department• STOCKTON POLICE ARREST 3 FOR LOADED HANDGUN: STOCKTON — Two men and a teen were arrested Friday night for possession of a loaded gun.The Stockton Police’s Community Response Team and San Joaquin County-wide Multi-Agency Gang Taskforce officers pulled over a car near Water View Lane and Carolyn Weston Boulevard at 8 p.m.Inside of the car, officers found a stolen handgun that was loaded. Officers arrested the three occupants of the car.Police said Janai Harris, 19, and Robert Duckworth, 18, were arrested on weapons charges; a 17-year-old boy was also arrested.• POLICE LOOKING FOR HIT AND RUN SUSPECT: STOCKTON — A man was injured after being hit by a SUV late Friday night.Stockton Police said the driver of the SUV hit the man on the 300 block of N. Sierra Nevada Street around 10 p.m. then fled the scene.When crews arrive on scene, they found a Hispanic man in his 40s unconscious. Police said the man was taken to a medical center out of the area for treatment for serious injuries.Police said the suspect vehicle is described as an older model red SUV, possibly a Tahoe or Bronco; it was last seen traveling east on Lindsay Street.• COPPER THIEVES CAUSE $100,000 IN DAMAGES: JAMESTOWN — Tuolumne County narcotics enforcement officers caught three suspected copper thieves in the act Friday morning.The two officers were making a business check at 6911 Obyrnes Ferry Road at 11:15 a.m. They heard what sounded like hand saws being used coming from inside the building, said Tuolumne County sheriff’s Sgt. Jeff Tulumne.