A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. East wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 31
A Temple University police officer was shot and killed this evening near 17th Street and Montgomery Avenue near the campus. The officer was responding to a robbery at a nearby convenience store, university officials said. The suspect then reportedly carjacked a student car before fleeing the area.
The identity of the officer was being withheld. The officer was pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital.
Temple officials released a statement in response to the shooting:
Temple University is heartbroken to confirm that a Temple University police officer was shot at 1700 W. Montgomery Avenue while trying to apprehend the suspect in a robbery of a convenience store located at the corner of Cecil B. Moore and 15th Street. The officer was later pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital.
Both the Philadelphia Police Department and the Temple University Police Department are still gathering information regarding the incident. Out of respect for the officer’s friends and family, we will not be releasing his identity at this time.
There are simply no words that can make sense of such a tragedy. It tears at our sense of community, and wounds us to our very soul. Temple has lost an officer and hero to senseless violence. Our thoughts are with the victim’s family, friends and the entire Temple community during this tremendously difficult time.
Showers, mainly before 1pm. Temperature falling to around 48 by 5pm. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.
Friday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph