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SAT · 2026-10-10 · 20:12 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-1010-117940
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Man with gun kills one Philadelphia police officer and injures another

Philadelphia Police Officer Shane Seiber, a 10-year veteran, was fatally shot and another officer was wounded on Saturday morning in West Philadelphia. They were responding to a report of a man with a gun.

Associated Press and Guardian staffThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-10-10 · 20:12 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
Man with gun kills one Philadelphia police officer and injures another
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Philadelphia Police Officer Shane Seiber, a 10-year veteran, was fatally shot and another officer was wounded on Saturday morning in West Philadelphia. They were responding to a report of a man with a gun. Officer Seiber, 40, was pronounced dead at Penn Presbyterian medical center, where the surviving officer underwent surgery and is in stable condition. Authorities have taken a suspect into custody, identified by law enforcement sources as Eric Lewis, 35. Governor Josh Shapiro ordered flags to fly at half-mast in honor of Officer Seiber, who is survived by his wife and two children.

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Shane Seiber was the 129th Philadelphia police officer to die from gunfire since 1851.

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Pennsylvania’s governor ordered flags to fly at half-mast for Seiber.

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A suspect was in custody.

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Shane Seiber, 40, was killed early on Saturday morning in West Philadelphia.

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A Philadelphia police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded on Saturday after responding to a report of a man with a gun.

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A Philadelphia-police-officer" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="216117" data-entity-type="organization">Philadelphia police officer was fatally shot and another was wounded on Saturday after responding to a report of a man with a gun, authorities said.Shane Seiber, 40, was killed early on Saturday morning in West Philadelphia, according to the city’s police commissioner, Kevin Bethel.Seiber, a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia police department, and the other officer were transported to the Penn Presbyterian medical center, where the surviving officer underwent surgery. He was listed in stable condition, Bethel said.Bethel also said a suspect was in custody.Citing law enforcements sources, the Philadelphia-inquirer" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="61070" data-entity-type="organization">Philadelphia Inquirer identified that suspect as Eric Lewis. The Inquirer also reported that Lewis, 35, was employed by Philadelphia’s municipal water department.Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro, said he ordered flags to fly at half-mast for Seiber. He is survived by his wife and two children: a boy, age seven, and a girl, three.Seiber was at least the 376th Philadelphia police department officer to die in the line of duty since 1851, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, which honors US law enforcement personnel who died while on the job. He was the 129th of those officers to die from gunfire, the memorial page said.
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