18 year old charged with killing Temple Univ Police Officer may have tried to melt/burn the murder weapon in the fire pit on his family’s property, law enforcement sources tell FOX 29 News.
Investigators at the house were slowly sifting through ashes in it.
Pfeffer will face charges of murder, murder of a law enforcement officer, robbery, carjacking and weapons crimes. Prosecutors said Fitzgerald was shot in the head.
“Pfeffer is also alleged to have attempted to rob Officer Fitzgerald of his gun and to have gone through his pockets, while the officer was laying on the ground and fatally wounded,” District Attorney Larry Krasner said in a statement Sunday.
“Pfeffer is further alleged to have committed a carjacking a short time after, close to the location of the officer’s murder.”
Fitzgerald was rushed to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the university said Saturday.
Temple University officials said Fitzgerald had been on the university police force since October 2021.
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