Visitation held for fallen Cook County sheriff’s deputy killed in attempted robbery

Family and friends will start saying their goodbyes to Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Rafael Wordlaw on Thursday.

CHICAGO - Family and friends will start saying their goodbyes to Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Rafael Wordlaw on Thursday.

A visitation is planned from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Leak and Sons Funeral Home in Country Club Hills.

His funeral will be on Friday.

Wordlaw was tragically shot last month during an attempted armed robbery at a gas station in Woodlawn while he was off-duty.

This week would have been his 32nd birthday.