Hector Cuevas Jr. ‘was like a little brother to me,’ a police chief says about the deputy, a mentor to children, who was killed Monday.

Dozens of mourners gathered Tuesday evening to honor the life of a San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy who was killed in a crash during a pursuit.

Dozens of San Bernardino County community members gathered at the Victorville intersection where Deputy Hector Cuevas Jr. was killed while chasing a stolen vehicle suspect on Monday. Michele Gile reports,