(18 Oct 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Philadelphia – 18 October 2023
1. Wide of the press event
HEADLINE: 2 more arrests in shooting that killed a Philly cop
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Vanore, First Deputy Commissioner of Philadelphia Police:
“We believe, this is our belief now, that all the individuals that were inside of that Dodge Durango the night that this incident happened were identified. And we believe we have them in the custody. It's not saying that we're done our investigation. We're going to keep going. There are people that assisted these individuals. There's people that tried to obstruct us from finding them, and we're going to make sure that if charges are appropriate, that they are preferred on those individuals.”
3. Cut away
ANNOTATION: Police Officer Richard Mendez was shot and killed while he and another officer were investigating a car break-in at an airport parking garage.
4. Wide of press event
ANNOTATION: Officials are confident they have all three suspects directly involved in the Thursday night shooting in custody. A fourth suspect was killed at the scene.
5. SOUNDBITE (English) John Stanford, Acting Police Commissioner of Philadelphia Police:
“Bitter in the sense that none of us, the folks standing up here from our agency, from every other law enforcement agency, nobody wants to be in the position where they have to talk about an officer losing their life. And so that's the bitter, the bitter component of it. The other bitter component is that we stood here too many times over the years having these same types of conversations. And, and so, that's the bitter component of it. The sweet component is the fact that we were, you know, able to make an arrest, as sweet as it can be. It's not sweet completely. It's just it gives you some level of closure."
6. Wide of the press conference
ANNOTATION: The shooting came a week after three other officers were shot and wounded while responding to a call in a neighborhood in Philadelphia.
STORYLINE:
Authorities have announced two more arrests in connection with an airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and wounded another officer last week.
First Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said Alexander Batista-Polanco and Hendrick Peña-Fernandez were arrested on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
Both are 21. Peña Fernandez is from Pennsauken, New Jersey. Batista Polanco is from Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Authorities had indicated there were additional suspects on Monday, when they arrested 18-year-old Yobranny Martinez Fernandez in New Jersey.
Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez was shot and killed while he and Officer Raul Ortiz were investigating a car break-in last Thursday night.
Officials said they are now confident they had everyone directly involved that night in custody.
The shooting came amid the unrelated deaths of two other officers and only a week after three other officers were shot and wounded while responding to a call.
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