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

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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.

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.