Daily News | Slain Temple officer Christopher Fitzgerald’s death an ‘extraordinary loss,’ officials say
with the Philadelphia Police Department before moving on to higher-profile law enforcement positions across the country.
“Our academic community needs the safety, needs the protection, that our university deserves,” he said. “I can’t uphold my mandate, we can’t fulfill our mission, if we cannot keep our [community] safe.” As Fitzgerald tried to stop them on foot, they ran away, Ransom said, and Pfeffer headed east. Fitzgerald pursued him, and notified police radio.
Pfeffer then started to run away, but turned around and tried to steal Fitzgerald’s handgun, Ransom said. He failed, then ran north on 18th Street, where Ransom said he stole a man’s Infinity Q60 at gunpoint, telling the owner: “Give me the car or I’ll kill you.” He drove the car to the 1900 block of North 30th Street, near his father’s house.
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