Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau to be laid to rest in Pennsylvania

BROOMALL, Pa. (WCMH) -- Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew will be laid to rest Monday nearly two weeks after the pair were killed in an alleged drunk driving incident.

The funeral took place at noon in Broomall, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia, at the D’Anjolell Memorial Home and was attended by friends, family, and the entire Blue Jackets team.

The brothers were killed on Aug. 29 after reportedly being run over while riding bicycles on County Road 551 in Oldmans Township, near Salem, New Jersey. The man accused of killing the Gaudreau brothers, Sean Higgins, is scheduled to have a detention hearing on Sept. 13 as he faces two charges of vehicular homicide. He was suspected of being under the influence of alcohol.

It was confirmed by NBC4 that Higgins worked at Gaudenzia, a nonprofit drug and alcohol treatment and recovery center, based out of Norristown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia.

Tributes for the brothers have poured in from across the hockey and broader sports community across the globe. The Blue Jackets hosted a vigil Wednesday at Nationwide Arena, when hundreds of fans gathered for a 13 minute, 21 second moment of silence to represent jersey numbers Johnny wore with Columbus, the Calgary Flames and Boston College and Matthew wore at Boston College.