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City Employee Charged with Murder in Shooting of Philadelphia Police Officer
Eric Lewis faces homicide and attempted homicide charges after the ambush, and police recovered three firearms at the scene, officials said.
- On Saturday, 40-year-old Officer Shane Seiber was killed and his partner shot 12 times in West Philadelphia after responding to a report of a man with a gun on the 100 block of North 52nd Street around 1 a.m.
- Suspect Eric Lewis, a Philadelphia Water Department employee, was arrested after a neighborhood search; State Rep. Amen Brown said Lewis has "an extensive criminal record," though District Attorney Larry Krasner declined specifics at a press conference.
- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said Lewis fired upon nine responding officers, none injured; investigators recovered three firearms at the scene, including a shotgun and two handguns, one taken from a wounded officer.
- Seiber's partner remains in stable condition at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to fly at half-staff honoring the 10-year veteran, and DC 33 union pledged full investigation cooperation.
- Lewis faces multiple charges including homicide of a law enforcement officer and will be held without bail pending arraignment; the shooting occurred hours after a gunman in Erie killed eight people and himself.
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"They had guns, so I had every right to defend myself," Lewis added, neglecting to mention that the reason the responding officers had been armed was because of the nature of the call they'd received.
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