Photos: Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting
The procession carrying the casket of Jean Kuczka, a health teacher at St. Louis' Central Visual and Performing Arts High School arrives for her funeral on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka, a 61-year-old teacher, was killed while confronting a gunman and protecting her students in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photos by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

A person wears a sweatshirt honoring shooting victims Jean Kuczka and student Alexzandria Bell, 15, outside the funeral for Kuczka, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

A priest hugs family members of Jean Kuczka as pallbearers load her casket into the hearse at the conclusion of her funeral on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka, a 61-year-old health teacher, was killed while confronting a gunman and protecting her students in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

Pallbearers carry the casket of Jean Kuczka to the hearse at the conclusion of her funeral on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka, the 61-year-old health teacher was killed while confronting a gunman and protecting her students in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

Family members of Jean Kuczka, including her husband, Steve, center, watch as pallbearers place her casket into the hearse after her funeral Mass on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka, 61, a health teacher, was killed while confronting a gunman and protecting her students in a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School.
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

Keisha Acres, the mother of student Alexzandria Bell, 15, receives a hug after the funeral for health teacher Jean Kuczka, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka and Alexzandria were killed in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams hugs hugs Keisha Acres, the mother of student Alexzandria Bell, 15, after the funeral for health teacher Jean Kuczka, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka and Alexzandria were killed in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School Principal Kacy Seals-Shahid, right, hugs Keisha Acres, the mother of student Alexzandria Bell, 15, outside the funeral for health teacher Jean Kuczka on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka and Alexzandria were killed in the school shooting at CVPA.Â
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

A student wearing a shirt honoring honoring Jean Kuczka, a health teacher at St. Louis' Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, stands outside following the conclusion of her funeral on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka, the 61-year-old health teacher was killed while confronting a gunman and protecting her students in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

Pallbearers carry the casket of Jean Kuczka, a health teacher at St. Louis' Central Visual and Performing Arts High School into her funeral on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka, a 61-year-old health teacher, was killed while confronting a gunman and protecting her students in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Hundreds attend funeral for Jean Kuczka, teacher killed in St. Louis school shooting

The procession carrying the casket of Jean Kuczka, a health teacher at St. Louis' Central Visual and Performing Arts High School arrives for her funeral on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. Kuczka, a 61-year-old teacher, was killed while confronting a gunman and protecting her students in last week's school shooting at CVPA. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
Funeral procession for Jean Kuczka passes CVPA

A hearse carrying the body of Jean Kuczka passes by Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, where she taught and died in a shooting, en route to Resurrection Cemetery on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022.