There is devastating news out of Temple University this week as an officer passed away after being shot while responding to a robbery in North Philadelphia.
It was shown that he was shot in the head while simply doing his job.
The Post Millennial reports that Philadelphia Police say the shooting occurred around 7 pm. The officer was taken to the hospital at Temple University, but he was pronounced dead there.
The University put out a statement on the matter that read:
"Out of respect for the officer's friends and family, we will not be releasing his identity at this time. There are simply no words that can make sense of such a tragedy. It tears at our sense of community, and wounds us to our very soul. Temple has lost an officer and hero to senseless violence. Our thoughts are with the victim's family, friends and the entire Temple community during this tremendously difficult time."
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw spoke about the incident as well. He stated:
"[The Philadelphia Police Department] is doing everything that we can to make sure that not only is this person responsible taken into custody and brought to justice, but for every other suspect out there that is doing the same and wishing harm amongst our law enforcement community and our Philadelphia community."
Governor Shapiro tweeted that he was devastated by this development.
This happened just two days after Shapiro announced that he would grant amnesty to every prisoner on death row. Now, it appears that at least some of those criminals are encouraged to carry out the criminal actions they would like. At least the one who did this crime certainly wasn't bothered.
This is a breaking news story that will have additional updates at a later date. Everyone will monitor the situation closely to see how everything goes out going forward.
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