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May 4, 2008 10:59 pm US/Eastern
2nd Suspect Sought For Philly Cop Shooting
Extensive Manhunt Continues For Third Suspect In Robbery, Fatal Shooting
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ―
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District Police Sergeant, 40-year-old Stephen Liczbinski, was ambushed by the alleged bank robbers.
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A 24th District Police Sergeant, 40-year-old Stephen Liczbinski, was ambushed by the fleeing gunmen in the 2600 block of Schiller Street.
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One suspect was charged and a second was being sought Sunday in the
killing of a police officer who was shot with an assault rifle while
responding to a bank robbery, police said.
Police Lt. Mel Williams declined to release the name of the suspect,
who was charged with homicide. A second man, Eric Floyd, 33, is also
wanted on a homicide charge, Williams said. A third suspect was fatally
shot by police.
Sgt. Steven Liczbinski, a 12-year veteran, was responding to the
robbery of a bank inside a grocery store around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The suspects fled, and opened fire after Liczbinski confronted them a
short distance away, authorities said.
About a dozen blue-shirted officers, some wearing white motorcycle
helmets, lined both sides of a black hearse and saluted as the married
father of three's body, draped with an American flag, was put inside at
the hospital Saturday.
The police motorcycles, some bearing black- and blue-striped flags, then escorted the hearse away.
Mayor Michael Nutter on Saturday declared a 30-day period of
mourning for Liczbinski and requested that all flags in the city be
lowered to half-staff for that period.
Liczbinski's killing comes only a few days after Ramsey announced a
major reorganization of the police department's command structure and
the addition of nearly 250 officers on street patrols as part of a
strategy to reduce crime.
The shooting came about six months after the last death of a
Philadelphia officer in the line of duty. Officer Chuck Cassidy, 54,
also a father of three, was killed during the botched robbery of a
doughnut shop on Oct. 31.
Nearly two years ago, in May 2006, Officer Gary Skerski was fatally
shot in the neck when a man robbing a bar fired a shotgun out the back
door.One suspect was charged and a second was being sought Sunday in the killing of a police officer who was shot with an assault rifle while responding to a bank robbery, police said.
Police Lt. Mel Williams declined to release the name of the suspect, who was charged with homicide. A second man, Eric Floyd, 33, is also wanted on a homicide charge, Williams said. A third suspect was fatally shot by police.
Sgt. Steven Liczbinski, a 12-year veteran, was responding to the robbery of a bank inside a grocery store around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The suspects fled, and opened fire after Liczbinski confronted them a short distance away, authorities said.
About a dozen blue-shirted officers, some wearing white motorcycle helmets, lined both sides of a black hearse and saluted as the married father of three's body, draped with an American flag, was put inside at the hospital Saturday.
The police motorcycles, some bearing black- and blue-striped flags, then escorted the hearse away.
Mayor Michael Nutter on Saturday declared a 30-day period of mourning for Liczbinski and requested that all flags in the city be lowered to half-staff for that period.
Liczbinski's killing comes only a few days after Ramsey announced a major reorganization of the police department's command structure and the addition of nearly 250 officers on street patrols as part of a strategy to reduce crime.
The shooting came about six months after the last death of a Philadelphia officer in the line of duty. Officer Chuck Cassidy, 54, also a father of three, was killed during the botched robbery of a doughnut shop on Oct. 31.
Nearly two years ago, in May 2006, Officer Gary Skerski was fatally shot in the neck when a man robbing a bar fired a shotgun out the back door.
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