A suspect has been arrested in the demise of a Temple University police officer shot and killed close to campus Saturday evening after reportedly attempting to intervene in a carjacking, university police union officers mentioned.
The Temple University Police Affiliation confirmed Sunday in a Twitter put up that “a suspect has been taken into custody for the homicide of one of our police officers.” The group mentioned it had been advised “that the arrest was made utilizing our fallen officer’s handcuffs.”
Temple University earlier mentioned in an announcement that the officer was shot whereas attempting to apprehend a theft suspect and was later pronounced lifeless on the university hospital. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw mentioned the officer “tried to intervene in a carjacking,” The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
University president Jason Wingard mentioned he was “heartbroken” and known as the taking pictures “a gut-wrenching reminder of our police officers’ every day bravery and sacrifices to guard our college students, school, employees and neighborhood” as town and the nation take care of “an unprecedented epidemic of violence.”
Ken Kaiser, the university’s senior vice chairman and chief working officer, was quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer as saying it was the primary taking pictures demise of a campus officer throughout his greater than 30 years at Temple. “It simply shakes everyone to the core,” he mentioned.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro tweeted that he and first woman Lori had been “devastated for the household of the Temple University police officer who was killed in the road of obligation tonight, bravely serving his neighborhood.”
They despatched prayers to his household, Temple police and the university neighborhood, he added, saying, “Might his reminiscence be a blessing.”
Joseph Regan, president of the Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge, additionally expressed condolences.
“There are not any phrases to explain the information of one other one of our officers being shot,” Regan mentioned in an announcement. “This officer is a hero whose legacy and unselfish act will dwell in our hearts and reminiscences perpetually.”
It was the primary deadly taking pictures of an on-duty police officer in Philadelphia since 2020, according to the Inquirer.
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