Suspect shoots Temple University cop, then tries to rob him: police
— as it surfaced the heinous killer tried to rob the tragic officer as he lay dying on the ground, police said.
Pfeffer was arrested after multiple agencies, including federal marshals, converged on his home in Buckingham Township in Bucks County around 7 a.m., the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said. Fitzgerald was later pronounced dead at the hospital. He is the first Temple officer to die in the line of duty, the school said.Temple University
The suspect was so heartless that he tried to rob Fitzgerald as the cop laid on the ground after the shooting, DA Larry Krasner said in a statement.
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