PHILADELPHIA - The widow of slain Temple University police officer Chris Fitzgerald was among several family members and loved ones who spoke Tuesday at a vigil on campus.
Officer Fitzgerald, 31, was shot and killed during a struggle with a suspect Saturday night on the 1700 block of Montgomery Avenue.
Less than 24-hours later, authorities tracked down Officer Fitzgerald's alleged killed, 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer, at his mother's house in Buckingham Township. "He was so proud, he was so proud to wear that uniform," Officer Fitzgerald's widow Marissa told a group of mourners during Tuesday's vigil.
The ceremony was held near the bell tower at the center of Temple University's North Philadelphia campus. Leaders from the Philadelphia Police Department were joined by Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Larry Krasner during a Tuesday morning press conference where they shared new details about the events surrounding Officer Fitzgerald's death, which started as an investigation into three masked individuals wearing dark clothes.MORE LOCAL HEADLINESInspector Ernest Ransom told reporters on Tuesday that surveillance video shows the foot pursuit where Fitzgerald caught up with Pfeffer and a struggle ensued off-camera.