An 18-year-old Pennsylvania man accused of shooting and killing a Temple University police officer on Saturday night is expected to be charged with murder.
man is expected to be charged with murder, after allegedly shooting and killing a Temple University police officer who was on the job when he was killed near the school's campus on Saturday night, according to reports.took him into custody for the murder of Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office said.
The shooting occurred near Montgomery Avenue and 18th Street in North Philadelphia, in what started out as the police officer trying to intervene in a carjacking, Fox station WTXF in Philadelphia, also known as Fox 29, reported. During the intervention the police officer, later identified as Chris Fitzgerald, was shot and later died at Temple University Hospital.Miles Pfeffer, 18, was captured using the handcuffs of the fallen officer, officials said.
When Fitzgerald was shot, he fell to the ground and the suspect stood over him and fired several more shots into the head and face area, the affidavit reportedly says.The suspect was reportedly heard saying,"Give me the keys, or I’ll kill you," just before taking a car and driving away from the scene, Fox 29 said.
The local station reported that Pfeffer’s brother was with him when the officer tried to stop the carjacking, but law enforcement forces told the reporter he hid in an alley during the encounter.
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