24-year-old James Alexander was shot and killed after police say he fired at officers during a traffic stop on Wednesday. PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have released the officers’ names following a police-involved shooting that left a man they say was armed dead and one officer wounded in the city’s Logan neighborhood last week.
Around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, police say Officer Christopher Burton and Officer Charles McCairns, both uniformed, were patrolling the area near Broad Street and Somerville Avenue when they witnessed a blue Kia Optima fail to stop at a stop sign.The officers conducted a traffic stop and signaled for the driver of the Kia to pull over, and the driver pulled over on Somerville Avenue at 15th Street.Four occupants,.