Brother helped identify suspect in Temple University police officer killing

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The murder of this officer happened Saturday evening near Philly's Temple University. It does not appear to be a gang shooting nor even by a local individual. The killer is a white 18 year old from an affluent suburban family a considerable distance from Philly. The officer approached the suspects (the shooter's minor friend and brother) attempting a carjacking when he was executed. For some reason, after the shooting, the suspect carjacked another victim, but chose to abandon the car, and call his mother to pick him up. The mother complied and drove her child home, where it seems they attempted to dispose of the murder weapon. The other two minor suspects were caught by police and rolled pretty quickly. It's unknown if the mother will be charged. https://6abc.com/temple-university-police-officer-killed-christopher-fitzgerald-murder-miles-pfeffer-arrest-mayor-jim-kenney/12859768/

 

The officer murdered in this case, is Christopher Fitzgerald. He leaves behind a wife and four children. He is the son of former Baltimore and RTD police chief Joel Fitzgerald. The officer was fondly remembered by students at Temple. The suspect had previously been arrested for making bomb threats at a high school and was known for causing problems. In another strange and seemingly unrelated case, on Sunday morning after the murder, a pipe bomb was found on some railroad tracks in Philly. 

 

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“A very hard worker, he loved to do his job, but the best job he loved to do was being a father to those kids,” the grieving widow said.

Fitzgerald left behind four children -- two girls and two boys -- between the ages of 7 to 13 with Marissa. The grieving children even curled up with their loved ones as they spoke of Fitzgerald's legacy.

“My kids will always know who their dad is," Marissa said. "Their dad is a hero and he is our greatest hero.”

The youngest daughter who Marissa described as Fitzgerald's "princess" curled up with her grandfather.

“They miss their dad so much,” she said, while saying Fitzgerald was a goofball who loved his children.

“I am going to try to be as strong as I can be because I know that’s what he wanted," Marissa said. "I’m going to make sure that they know who their dad was. They already know. He’s the greatest hero we could ever have."

Marissa said Fitzgerald was going to take his family out for breakfast Sunday morning. And he begged for her to stay with him the morning of his death. Marissa even made chocolate chip waffles instead of running some errands.

“It was the best day of my life,” she said while sobbing.

Before leaving for work, Fitzgerald came down the steps and rubbed his face on her face.

“He gave me a kiss and he told me that he loved me. And, I said ‘I love you too.’ And when he walked out the door, he said he’d be right back,” Marissa said. “He said, ‘I’ll be right back babe.’” https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/christopher-fitzgerald-widow-family-temple-officer-killed/3505408/

 

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44 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

He leaves behind a wife and four children.

This so terribly sucks.

45 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

The suspect had previously been arrested for making bomb threats at a high school and was known for causing problems.

This sucks even worse.

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28 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

This so terribly sucks.

This sucks even worse.

Yep. What's even worse is that for this spoiled rich kid's problems and violent behavior.. he had plenty of access to weapons in his home. I really wish that we could start holding parents accountable.

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1 hour ago, yuna628 said:

Yep. What's even worse is that for this spoiled rich kid's problems and violent behavior.. he had plenty of access to weapons in his home. I really wish that we could start holding parents accountable.

They are attempting to do this in the case of the Oxford Michigan shooting.