PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A Philadelphia police officer was killed and another was injured after a shooting at a Philadelphia International Airport parking garage o
by CBS News Philadelphia StaffA Philadelphia police officer was killed and another was injured after a shooting at a Philadelphia International Airport parking garage on Thursday night, Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said.Stanford said the officers noticed individuals breaking into a vehicle but the suspects opened fire as police approached them.
One officer was shot multiple times in his upper torso, Stanford said. He was pronounced dead at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center just after 11:30 p.m., Stanford said. The other officer is listed as stable at Jefferson University Hospital. He was shot in the arm. Stanford said the officer who died was 50 years old and had 22 years of experience with the Philadelphia Police Department. He spent time with the 25th Police District before being assigned to the airport. He leaves behind a wife and one child. The officer's identity isn't being released at this time, Stanford said.Stanford said preliminary info shows the suspects fled in a Dodge Durango, but they're still trying to confirm if that's the vehicle.
After the shooting, an 18-year-old was dropped off at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia by a private vehicle and pronounced dead. Stanford said they're still working to learn if he was connected to the airport incident.A gun is also missing from one of the officers, sources said. The shooting comes one week after three police officers were shot in Northeast Philadelphia after a domestic incident. All three of those officers have since been released from the hospital.
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