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    ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHELLE HENRY ISSUES STATEMENT ON TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OFFICER SHOOTING
    FEBRUARY 19, 2023

    Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry released the following statement regarding Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, who was shot and killed in the line of duty yesterday evening:

    “For the third time this year, the second time in less two weeks, Pennsylvania has suffered the tragedy of a police officer killed by the violence wrought by firearms. Today we join in mourning with the communities of Temple University and the City of Philadelphia, and the family of Officer Fitzgerald, who died a hero bravely responding to a dangerous and volatile situation. I want to offer my sincere condolences to his family and loved ones, who knew the danger he confronted in his job and supported him in his chosen profession – as do all families of law enforcement officers. I also want to solemnly thank the investigators from our Office’s Gun Violence Task Force working with ATF agents, U.S. Marshals, Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia Police, and law enforcement in Bucks County, who literally worked through the night to identify and arrest the suspected shooter involved with this heinous act. We stand together to honor Officer Fitzgerald’s service and sacrifice to our community and the entire Commonwealth.”

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    https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taki...icer-shooting/

    ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHELLE HENRY ISSUES STATEMENT ON TEMPLE UNIVERSITY OFFICER SHOOTING
    FEBRUARY 19, 2023

    Acting Attorney General Michelle Henry released the following statement regarding Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, who was shot and killed in the line of duty yesterday evening:

    “For the third time this year, the second time in less two weeks, Pennsylvania has suffered the tragedy of a police officer killed by the violence wrought by firearms. Today we join in mourning with the communities of Temple University and the City of Philadelphia, and the family of Officer Fitzgerald, who died a hero bravely responding to a dangerous and volatile situation. I want to offer my sincere condolences to his family and loved ones, who knew the danger he confronted in his job and supported him in his chosen profession – as do all families of law enforcement officers. I also want to solemnly thank the investigators from our Office’s Gun Violence Task Force working with ATF agents, U.S. Marshals, Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia Police, and law enforcement in Bucks County, who literally worked through the night to identify and arrest the suspected shooter involved with this heinous act. We stand together to honor Officer Fitzgerald’s service and sacrifice to our community and the entire Commonwealth.”
    In her press release, then-acting Attorney General Michelle Henry referred to two other police officers killed in 2023. One of the other police officers killed was Brackenridge police Chief Justin Clark McIntire.

    The Tribune-Review documents Chief McIntire's killing thusly:

    "Jan. 2: Justin McIntire

    Brackenridge police Chief Justin Clark McIntire, 46, was fatally shot during a manhunt in a confrontation with Aaron Lamont Swan Jr., 28. Swan was later fatally shot by police in Pittsburgh’s Homewood-Brushton neighborhood."

    https://triblive.com/local/2023-alle...icide-victims/

    Question: Was Chief McIntire "killed by the violence wrought by firearms," as described by PA AG Michelle Henry, or was Chief McIntire killed by a man, who criminally misused a firearm, and whose previous brushes with the law were treated too lightly?

    For answers, we turn to the background of Aaron Lamont Swan, Jr., Chief McIntire's killer.

    One detailed article will suffice in providing us an answer to our question.

    See:

    Man suspected of killing Pa. police chief was charged with homicide in 2015 The charge against Aaron Lamont Swan Jr. was dropped after he agreed to cooperate with the DA's office in connection with the 2014 killing of Leonard Young

    https://www.police1.com/officer-down...ar36qhNvX2kPf/

    In summary, the Office of Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala, Jr., a Democrat who has held the office since January 2, 1998, dropped a homicide charge against Aaron Lamont Swan, Jr., in 2015.

    Also, Swan was given probation for an earlier firearms possession violation.

    Was it an inanimate object wreaking havoc on its own that killed Chief McIntire, or was it Aaron Lamont Swan, Jr., enabled by a system of criminal justice that treated him all too lightly?

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