TEMPLE OFFICER KILLED: A suspect has been taken into custody in connection with a shooting that killed a Temple University police officer in the line of duty near the school's campus Saturday night, sources tell FOX 29.
near the school's campus Saturday night, sources tell FOX 29.
Police say the officer was trying to intervene in a carjacking in the area of 18th Street and Montgomery Avenue in North Philadelphia when he was shot. The officer was rushed to Temple University Hospital where he later died, according to the university. His identity has not yet been released. Law enforcement sources tell FOX 29 that an arrest made in Bucks County early Sunday morning was in connection to the Saturday night's shooting. Those sources say the suspect is known to local law enforcement in Bucks.
The suspect is being transported to Philadelphia Police headquarters by U.S. Marshals, according to sources.
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