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Lauretha A. Vaird (August 4, 1952 – January 2, 1996) was a Philadelphia Police Department officer who was shot dead by the rapper Christopher "Cool C" Roney during a botched armed bank robbery in January 1996. Roney attempted to rob the bank with another rapper, Warren "Steady B" McGlone, and another man, Mark Canty. During the robbery, Vaird ...
On October 26, 2020, Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old African American man, was fatally shot by Philadelphia police officers Sean Matarazzo and Thomas Munz at 6100 Locust Street in the Cobbs Creek section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two officers arrived in the area to respond to a domestic dispute.
The killing of Eddie Irizarry occurred on August 14, 2023, when he was shot by Philadelphia Police Department officer Mark Dial while in his vehicle.. Later on August 14, Philadelphia police told the media that the incident began when officers pulled over a car that was "driving erratically", then as "officers approached" the car, Irizarry "stepped out" of the car "with a knife", which the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two more people have been charged in connection with the airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and wounded another last week, authorities ...
A Philadelphia police officer was shot and killed and a second officer was wounded when they confronted people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport, police said. Interim ...
Authorities said the slain officer was a 50-year-old married father to one child. The other officer, a 20-year-old vet, is in stable condition. Officer killed in shootout at Philadelphia ...
Uniformed police officer Jesse Hartnett was driving his marked Chevrolet Impala patrol car at about 11:40 p.m. at 60th Street and Spruce Street in West Philadelphia, when Archer, who had had no previous contact with the police on that particular evening, suddenly rushed toward the patrol car and fired 13 shots at Harnett, shoving his gun through the window to fire at point blank range.
A police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded after confronting people breaking into a car at Philadelphia International Airport Thursday night, officials said.