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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (D) addressed the shooting death of Temple University police officer Christopher Fitzgerald and made clear his view that one cannot claim to back the blue if they do not back gun control.
Breitbart News reported that Fitzgerald was shot and killed while investigating a carjacking Saturday night. The alleged cop killer, 18-year-old Miles Pfeffer, was arrested Sunday morning without incident.
The Philadelphia Inquirer quoted Kenney reacting to the slaying, saying, “There’s too many [guns] and they’re too easy to get.”
Kenney added, “You can say you back the blue, but if you don’t back gun control and gun availability, you don’t back the blue. We owe it to them to do everything we can to stop this nonsense and stop this tragedy.”
Phillyburbs.com noted that Officer Fitzgerald chased Pfeffer on foot Saturday night, caught up with him, and had just ordered him to the ground when shots rang out.
Pfeffer allegedly started to run away after Fitzgerald was shot, but then turned back and allegedly tried to steal his service firearm.
The firearm used to kill Fitzgerald has not been recovered. Police are not sure how Pfeffer acquired it.