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Seals, a plainclothes detective and married father of five, was the first victim of the Dec. 10 shootings.

Seals, 39, was killed at the Bay View Cemetery in Jersey City, allegedly by David Anderson and Francine Graham.

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PHOTO: A traffic jam of police cars is seen before the funeral of Jersey City Police Detective Joseph Seals in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 17, 2019.
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PHOTO: New Jersey State Police officers stand in formation on the street ahead of the funeral service for Jersey City Police Detective Joseph Seals at St. Aedan's Church in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 17, 2019.
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The two suspects -- armed with multiple guns -- then stormed the Jersey City Kosher Supermarket, about 1 mile from the cemetery, where they allegedly killed three others.

Anderson and Graham died in the market during an hours-long shootout with police.

The motivation behind Seals' murder and the market attack \"clearly appears to be a bias towards both the Jewish community and law enforcement,\" said Craig Carpenito, U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.

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PHOTO: Bunting hangs on the Greenville precinct building in Jersey City, N.J. on Dec. 11, 2019, the day after Detective Joseph Seals was killed by two suspects in an anti-Semitic attack.
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Anderson and Graham were also prime suspects in the slaying of an Uber driver whose body was found on Dec. 7 in Bayonne, New Jersey, near Jersey City, investigators said.

Seals, a member of the Jersey City Police Department since 2006, was promoted to detective in 2017 and worked to take guns of the streets, reported ABC New York Station WABC.

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PHOTO: Detective Joe Seals in a photo posted by the Jersey City Police Officers Benevolent Association.
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Sgt. Lynn, PO Campbell, PO T. Bordi, and PO Marchitto traveled to Jersey City today to represent Chief Bordi & our agency at the funeral for JCPD Detective Joe Seals. Det. Seals was murdered in the line of duty.

Det. Joe Seals was a husband and father of five children. pic.twitter.com/YgAH90Iq8L

— Voorhees Police (@VoorheesPolice) December 17, 2019

\"We believe he was killed while trying to interdict these bad guys,\" Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly said, according to WABC.

Seals was also a \"family man,\" neighbor Joe Vuocolo told WABC. \"He loved his children, did everything with them.\"

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PHOTO: People hold candles at a vigil for Jersey City Detective Joseph Seals outside Queen of Peace Church in North Arlington, N.J., Dec. 15, 2019.
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PHOTO: Mourners line up to enter McLaughlin Funeral Home in Jersey City, N.J., for the wake for Detective Joseph Seals, Dec. 16, 2019.
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PHOTO: Mourners embrace during the wake for Detective Joseph Seals at McLaughlin Funeral Home in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 16, 2019.
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FBI Special Agent in Charge Gregory Ehrie on Monday asked anyone with information about the suspects to call 1-800-CALL-FBI.

\"The community needs to know that we continue to follow all leads in this investigation and will leave no stone unturned to find the facts connected with this case,\" Ehrie said.

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PHOTO: Police officers carry flags ahead of the funeral service for Jersey City Police Detective Joseph Seals at St. Aedan's Church in Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 17, 2019.
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ABC News' Aaron Katersky and Bill Hutchinson contributed to this report.

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