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Fri Oct 13, 2023, 11:51 AM Oct 2023

Officer killed in shooting at Philadelphia International Airport; second officer wounded

I heard about this on the radio overnight.

Officer killed in shooting at Philadelphia International Airport; second officer wounded

Published October 13, 2023 12:07AM | Updated 11:52AM | Crime & Public Safety | FOX 29 Philadelphia |

PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia police officer was killed late Thursday night and another was injured after a shooting inside a parking garage at the Philadelphia International Airport.

Both officers had just arrived to work at the airport, when Interim Commissioner John Stanford says they came across a group of suspects attempting to break into a vehicle in the garage.

The officers approached the suspects who proceeded to open fire. One of the officers was shot multiple times in the torso and the other was shot in the arm. ... The officer who was hit multiple times was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where he was pronounced dead just after 11:30 p.m., Stanford said. The second officer was taken to Jefferson Hospital where he was listed in stable condition.

The slain officer was a 22-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, according to Stanford, and was married with one child. Stanford described the killing as a "numb moment" for his department after three officers were injured in a shooting last week.

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