News about Christopher Fitzgerald

A Democrat lawmaker who was carjacked revealed that when she looked down the barrel she could only think about Congress ' failures to address gun reform and how closing 'loopholes' and funding the ATF could have prevented her robbing. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Penn., represents south Philadelphia where the House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing Friday on crime in the city. 'Two and a half years ago, I was carjacked at gunpoint by three teenagers using a gun they brought from out of state,' Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, D-Penn., said at the hearing. 'Obviously, it was scary to have a gun pointed at my chest,' Scanlon said. 'But as I looked down the barrel of that gun my mind raced thinking about all the ways Congress could have prevented that encounter.'

According to the university, Epps was taken to Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, where she was pronounced dead about 3.15 p.m. She had been attending a memorial service for Charles L. Blockson, the curator emeritus of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection at the university, when she suddenly collapsed on stage. The performance was briefly postponed after a uniformed police officer led her off the stage, but it was temporarily suspended.

On Saturday night, Temple University police officer Christopher Fitzgerald, 31, was shot and killed reportedly by Miles Pfeffer, 18, who was arrested on a slew of murder charges.

The widow of the Temple University officer who was shot and killed while walking the streets of Philadelphia over the weekend said he kissed her goodbye, told her he loved her and said he'd be right back. However, Christopher Fitzgerald did not return. On Saturday night, he was shot and killed in the line of duty. When she received the call, Fitzgerald's widow Marissa was out running errands. She sobbed as she recalled her final words to her, adding that her four young children will miss their father so much and that he will always be 'our greatest hero.' Officer Fitzgerald was doing the job he loved and helping his families make it a better place, according to his family, when he was fired in the head along Montgomery Avenue in North Philadelphia. Miles Pfeffer, 18, was arrested at his Philadelphia home on Sunday morning in connection with the shooting. On Monday, he was arrested on murder charges and is being held on bail.

Miles Pfeffer, 18, is accused of shooting Temple University police officer Christopher Fitzgerald, 31, on Saturday night, before going through his pockets and stealing his gun. On Sunday, Fitzgerald's loved ones, Temple University students, and members of the community paid their respects at a memorial that continued to grow just steps away from where the cop died. Fitzgerald's last moments were caught on Action News' video showing him serving and protecting the community.