Officer Christopher Fitzgerald was killed while trying to apprehend a suspect on at 1700 W. Montgomery Avenue in Philadelphia, Temple University confirmed.
was killed in the line of duty Saturday night in north Philadelphia.
The officer was shot and killed shortly after 7 p.m., Philadelphia officials said after he tried to intervene in a carjacking. Officer Fitzgerald was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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