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LVIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday for the funeral of former Ukrainian parliament speaker and prominent pro-Western politician Andriy Parubiy, who was gunned down in the street<\/a> last weekend.<\/p>\n Crowds gathered in sweltering heat outside St. George\u2019s Cathedral in Lviv, a city some 500 kilometers (300 miles) west of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where Parubiy was fatally shot on Saturday.<\/p>\n Parubiy’s coffin was carried in a procession to Lviv\u2019s central square for a ceremony before he was buried at Lychakiv Cemetery, the resting place of many of the city’s most renowned figures.<\/p>\n Parubiy, 54, was a lawmaker from the Lviv region who participated in Ukraine\u2019s Orange Revolution in 2004. He also led self-defense volunteer units during the Maidan protests of 2014,<\/a> which forced pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych from office. He was the parliamentary speaker from 2016 to 2019.<\/p>\n Investigators are seeking to establish a motive for the killing and are not ruling out Russian involvement, according to Andrii Niebytov, the deputy head of the National Police and chief of the Criminal Police.<\/p>\n Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said Monday the killing of Parubiy was not a random act but a carefully prepared operation.<\/p>\n \u201cThe victim\u2019s movements were studied, a route was mapped out, and an escape plan was devised,\u201d Klymenko said.<\/p>\n Police on Sunday detained a suspect in Ukraine\u2019s Khmelnytskyi region, more than 100 kilometers (60 miles) away.<\/p>\n The Lviv regional prosecutors\u2019 office said Tuesday a court had ordered the suspect, identified only as a 52-year-old Lviv resident, be held for 60 days without bail while the investigation proceeds.<\/p>\n Parubiy died on the spot after the suspect fired eight bullets at him, the prosecutors\u2019 office said in a statement.<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s former military commander-in-chief and current ambassador to the United Kingdom, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, called Parubiy\u2019s death a \u201closs for us all.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHis life is a reminder to all of us: independence rests not on speeches, but on those who are ready to give everything for it,\u201d Zaluzhnyi wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n Senior government and regional figures attended the funeral.<\/p>\n Parubiy is survived by his wife Ulyana and daughter Yaryna.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine contributed to this report.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Follow AP\u2019s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n