CLEVELAND, Ohio – Funeral plans were announced Saturday for Cleveland police Detective James Skernivitz, who was shot and killed Thursday while working undercover.
A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland.
Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Home on Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights. Masks and social distancing will be required to prevent spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cleveland police officer takes his own life, shortly after fellow police officer killed
Updated Sep 04, 2020; Posted Sep 04, 2020
Cleveland police officer Nicholas Sabo took his own life, hours after fellow officer Det. James Skernivitz was fatally shot.
By Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cleveland police officer took his own life, shortly after a Cleveland police officer was shot and killed while on duty, officials said.
Officer Nicholas Sabo, 38, wrote several posts on Facebook late Thursday and early Friday, referencing the shooting death Det. James Skernivitz before he died in his North Ridgeville home.
Sabo has been an officer with the Cleveland department since 2013, Skernivitz since 1998. Both officers were married and had children.
Not a lot effects me lately but this has hit me truly as a great tragedy. I feel such sorrow for the families and what these Officers must have been going through.
A funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist on Superior Avenue in downtown Cleveland.
Visitation will be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at A. Ripepi & Sons Funeral Home on Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights. Masks and social distancing will be required to prevent spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Cleveland police officer takes his own life, shortly after fellow police officer killed
Updated Sep 04, 2020; Posted Sep 04, 2020

Cleveland police officer Nicholas Sabo took his own life, hours after fellow officer Det. James Skernivitz was fatally shot.
By Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cleveland police officer took his own life, shortly after a Cleveland police officer was shot and killed while on duty, officials said.
Officer Nicholas Sabo, 38, wrote several posts on Facebook late Thursday and early Friday, referencing the shooting death Det. James Skernivitz before he died in his North Ridgeville home.
Sabo has been an officer with the Cleveland department since 2013, Skernivitz since 1998. Both officers were married and had children.
Not a lot effects me lately but this has hit me truly as a great tragedy. I feel such sorrow for the families and what these Officers must have been going through.
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