PHILADELPHIA - Temple University is set to honor the first campus police officer killed in the line of duty with a street renaming.
Investigators say the 31-year-old officer was on patrol alone on February 18 on the 1700 block of Montgomery Avenue when he saw three young people wearing masks and dark clothes.
Authorities say he attempted to investigate their activity due to a rise in robberies in the area. Officials say Fitzgerald radioed dispatchers that he was in a foot chase with the three individuals.
According to police, two of the teens hid and were later stopped by another officer. Fitzgerald continued his pursuit of the third person, later identified as 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer, who fired the deadly shots that killed Fitzgerald and shot the officer three more times as he laid on the ground.