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Funeral Services for Travis County Deputy Tuesday; Road Closures for Procession

Travis County Sheriff Sergeant Craig Hutchinson.
Travis County Sheriff's Office
Travis County Sheriff Sergeant Craig Hutchinson.
Travis County Sheriff Sergeant Craig Hutchinson.
Credit Travis County Sheriff's Office
Travis County Sheriff Sergeant Craig Hutchinson.

The Travis County Sheriff's Office is warning of significant traffic impacts Tuesday morning as a result of the funeral procession for Sergeant Craig Hutchinson, 54, who was shot to deathat his home in Round Rock last Monday.

A reward is out for information leading to the arrest of his killer.

Police are asking those who want to pay their respects to Sgt. Hutchinson along the procession route to do so safely.

The funeral procession will begin at Cook-Walden Funeral Home on North Lamar around 7 a.m., head south to Koenig Ln. and then east to I-35. The procession will exit I-35 at Wells Branch Parkway and head west to Shoreline Church on Burnet Rd. Police will be closing streets on a rolling basis as the procession makes its way to the church. The funeral service begins at 10 a.m. 

After the funeral ends, estimated around noontime, there will be a separate procession to a graveside service at Capital Memorial Park at I-35 and Wells Branch Parkway. This will result in road closures on Burnet Rd., MoPac southbound, W Parmer Ln. and I-35 northbound.

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Matt has been a reporter at KUT off and on since 2006. He came to Austin from Boston, then went back for a while--but couldn't stand to be away--so he came back to Austin. Matt grew up in Maine (but hates lobster), and while it might sound hard to believe, he thinks Maine and Texas are remarkably similar.