Mourners gather for funeral of slain Chicago Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso. ‘We’re here to say goodbye to a hero.’

Flanked by family members and supporters, Milena Estepa cries as pallbearers carry the casket of her husband, Chicago Police Officer Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, to the hearse after his funeral Thursday at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Slain Chicago police officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso was remembered Thursday as a “man with a big heart” who was “humble and happy” as he worked for “justice and community.”

Those words were spoken by his commander, Bryan Spreyne, who told the officer’s family and friends who packed St. Rita of Cascia Church that “the heartache of your loss is shared across the city.”