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Funeral Held for Guard Killed in Toco Hill Robbery

The service for 32-year-old Gary Castillo was held this morning in Canton.

A funeral service was held this morning for Gary Castillo, the 32-year-old armored car guard who was gunned down in Toco Hill Shopping Center during a robbery March 15.

CBS Atlanta has a small report on the funeral. North Druid Hills-Briarcliff Patch hasn't reported on the incident since Castillo's family to the media March 18, offering a few details into Castillo's life.

The FBI continues its search for the people responsible for Castillo's slaying and a string of armored car robberies across the metro Atlanta area, according to CBS Atlanta.

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Castillo, who worked for Garda Cash Logistics, was leaving the Kroger grocery store in the shopping center with a cash pick-up when he was shot by one of the robbers who fled in a getaway car with another man. He later died at Grady Hospital in Atlanta.

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