PHILADELPHIA, PA. (THECOUNT) — Cpl. James O’Çonnor has been identified as the Philadelphia police officer fatally shot on Friday morning.
O’Çonnor, 46, was shot and killed early Friday as he served a homicide warrant at a home in the city’s Frankford section.
O’Çonnor was shot around 5:45 a.m., officials said. He was shot in the shoulder above his bulletproof vest when officers entered the home to serve a warrant.
He was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead of gunshot injuries.
Two unidentified individuals were wounded during the shooting and ramain in stable condition at area hospitals, authorities said.
Several people were arrested, including the subject of the warrant. That person was not wounded, city Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.
A married father of two — including a son who also serves on the force — O’Connor had been a police officer for 23 years and was with the SWAT unit for 15 years. His daughter serves in the U.S. Air Force, reports Trentonian.
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