Marcus Erikson|1 officer killed, 1 hurt in shooting at airport parking garage in Philadelphia

2025-05-06 23:52:39source:Databec Exchangecategory:My

A police officer was shot and Marcus Eriksonkilled and another was wounded after the pair confronted people breaking into a car in a parking garage at Philadelphia International Airport.

Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said in a news conference Thursday night that the officers were arriving for work just after 11 p.m. and parked in the garage when they saw a few people breaking into a car in the garage area.

As the officers approached them, the suspects opened fire. One officer was shot multiple times in the upper torso and was pronounced dead at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center just after 11:30 p.m., Stanford said.

The other officer was shot in the arm and is in stable condition at Jefferson University Hospital.

The shooting was reported in the Terminal D parking garage, Stanford said.

Stanford said preliminary information shows the suspects fled the scene in a Dodge Durango, but police are still trying to confirm that information.

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Suspects at large

Shortly after the shooting, a black Dodge Durango dropped off an 18-year-old man at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with two gunshot wounds, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he was pronounced dead.

Stanford said they had not yet confirmed that the vehicle and man were involved in the shooting of the officers.

Stanford noted that the shooting came on the heels of three officers getting shot and wounded while responding to a call in Northeast Philadelphia.

“A numb, numb moment for us, to again encounter something like this,” Stanford said. “We just had three officers shot last week. And then this tonight, so you can imagine what we feel. We can imagine what this department is going through. And quite frankly, how the city should be feeling,” he said.

Terminal D and the Terminal D/E parking garage were both closed Thursday night due to the investigation, but reopened Friday morning.

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