Happy Birthday to the greatest country on the face of this planet. My beloved America! — Patrick Zamarripa (@PatrickEZ01) July 5, 2016

From abc News:

“He was so proud and loved being a father to her,” his mother, Valerie Zamarripa, told ABC News’ “20/20.” “She looks just like him… I just don’t know how she’s going to be looking for him and not see him anymore.”

Patrick Zamarripa, 32, was one of the five police officer killed in downtown Dallas Thursday night when suspect Micah Johnson opened fire during a police shootings protest in downtown Dallas. The protests were in response to the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota at the hands of officers this week.

When Zamarripa would drop his daughter off at his mother’s house, she said her son would show up in his uniform, “proudly” carrying a pink diaper bag with him. Now that he’s gone, his sister said their family will come together to help care for Lyncoln.

“I’m not going to be able to do that on my own,” his sister, Laura Zamarripa said, wiping away tears. “I need support from my mom and my dad and my other brother that way she can know who her father was later when she grows up.”

Patrick Zamarripa, originally from Fort Worth, Texas, was a veteran who served three tours in Iraq before coming home to be a Dallas police officer.

“He just loved his job,” his sister said. “Every day he loved doing it… it gave him a great love for his country, his city and everybody around him.”

His mother said he had talked about becoming a police officer ever since he was little.

“That was his dream and he fulfilled his dream by going into the Navy and then becoming Dallas PD,” she said. “He never talked about his job to us, he always kept that to himself because he didn’t want us worrying about what he was going through … but as a mother, I worried.”