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City employee charged with homicide in the shooting of 2 Philly cops
PennLive.com • • nation
Key Points:
- Philadelphia police officer Shane Seiber, 40, was fatally shot early Saturday in west Philadelphia after responding to a report of a man with a gun; his partner was also shot multiple times but is in stable condition.
- Eric Lewis, 35, a Philadelphia Water Department employee, has been charged with homicide in Seiber's death and multiple counts of attempted homicide for shooting at Seiber’s partner and nine other officers.
- Lewis was apprehended following a neighborhood search that ended when he fell from a tree; investigators recovered three firearms at the scene, including one belonging to an officer.
- Governor Josh Shapiro ordered flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of Officer Seiber, who is survived by his wife and two young children.
