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Ambush in Philadelphia: Veteran Police Officer Killed, Partner Shot 12 Times | Crime Alert 10.14.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A devastating ambush in Philadelphia leaves one
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  Speaker 2: police officer dead, a second officer fighting for his life,
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  Speaker 2: and a municipal employee facing dozens of felony charges. 35-year-old
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  Speaker 2: Eric Lewis was arraigned Sunday morning on 76 criminal charges
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  Speaker 2: and ordered held without bail in connection with the deadly
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  Speaker 2: weekend shootout. Court records show Lewis faces charges including murder,
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  Speaker 2: homicide of a law enforcement officer, attempted murder, 10 counts
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  Speaker 2: of attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault,
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  Speaker 2: and terroristic threats. The violence unfolded around 12.20 a.m. Saturday
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  Speaker 2: when two officers responded to reports of an armed man.
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  Speaker 2: When they arrived, officers located an armed man on a porch,
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  Speaker 2: but as they approached, they came under significant gunfire. Additional
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  Speaker 2: officers and a SWAT team rushed to the scene, discovering
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  Speaker 2: both officers on the porch suffering from severe gunshot wounds.
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  Speaker 2: As more gunfire erupted, authorities declared a barricade situation before
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  Speaker 2: Lewis was eventually taken into custody. 41-year-old Philadelphia police officer
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  Speaker 2: Shane Siebert was killed in the attack. An Air Force
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  Speaker 2: veteran who served a decade with the department, Officer Sieber
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  Speaker 2: leaves behind a wife, a seven-year-old son, and a three-year-old daughter.
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  Speaker 2: Following the tragic loss, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel spoke
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  Speaker 2: about the devastating sacrifice.
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  Speaker 1: Officer Shane Sieber, a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department,
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  Speaker 1: married with two children, a seven-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter.
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  Speaker 1: He fought valiantly. but he lost his life today. Fortunately,
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  Speaker 1: his wife was able to be by his side before
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  Speaker 1: he passed as well as his family. And we're grateful
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  Speaker 1: for that.
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  Speaker 2: Sieber's partner, a 33 year old father of five was
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  Speaker 2: shot 12 times and was initially listed in critical condition
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  Speaker 2: before being stabilized. Investigators recovered two handguns and a shotgun
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  Speaker 2: from the scene revealing one handgun belonged to the wounded officer.
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner declined to confirm whether Lewis
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  Speaker 2: fired that weapon but addressed the evidence during a news conference.
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  Speaker 3: There are charges which I have announced that include charges
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  Speaker 3: of disarming a law enforcement officer. I'm sure you can
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  Speaker 3: infer that. There was more than one firearm that was
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  Speaker 3: being used in some fashion during this event, but I'm
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  Speaker 3: not in a position to say more about it at
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  Speaker 3: this time.
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  Speaker 2: Lewis, an employee of the Philadelphia Water Department, has a
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  Speaker 2: criminal history dating back to 2012. Pennsylvania court records show
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  Speaker 2: Lewis was convicted of theft and receiving stolen property in
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  Speaker 2: 2012 and of gun offenses and simple assault in 2013,
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  Speaker 2: receiving probation in both cases. In 2018, Lewis pleaded guilty
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  Speaker 2: to disorderly conduct involving fighting and in 2024 received citations
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  Speaker 2: including driving without headlights and insurance. Krasner noted nothing in
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  Speaker 2: his background legally barred him from owning firearms. Lewis is
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  Speaker 2: due back in court October 26th. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 2: news after this. Across the Atlantic, opening statements are officially
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  Speaker 2: underway in the criminal trial of British comedian and actor
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  Speaker 2: Russell Brand. Brand arrived at London's Southwark Crown Court today,
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  Speaker 2: facing charges brought by the Crown Prosecution Service, including three
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  Speaker 2: counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one
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  Speaker 2: count of indecent assault. The charges stem from allegations brought
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  Speaker 2: by six women spanning from 1999 to 2009. The Metropolitan
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  Speaker 2: Police launched their investigation following a 2023 expose by the
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  Speaker 2: Sunday Times of London and Channel 4's documentary Dispatches. Jaswant Narwal,
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  Speaker 2: the CPS chief crown prosecutor, reminded the public that proceedings
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  Speaker 2: are active and the defendant has the right to a
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  Speaker 2: fair trial. In the mid-2000s, Brand hosted Big Brother's Big
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  Speaker 2: Mouth and starred in films like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and
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  Speaker 2: Get Him to the Greek before shifting to podcasting. Brand
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  Speaker 2: has pleaded not guilty to all counts. Brand maintains his innocence,
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  Speaker 2: releasing a video statement on X.
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  Speaker 4: I've always told you guys that when I was young
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  Speaker 4: and single, before I had my wife and family, we
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  Speaker 4: were just out of shot over there, my beautiful children.
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  Speaker 4: I was a fool, man. I was a fool before
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  Speaker 4: I lived in the light of the Lord. I was
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  Speaker 4: a drug addict, a sex addict, and an imbecile. But
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  Speaker 4: what I never was, was a rapist.
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  Speaker 2: A pool of 50 potential jurors was narrowed to 20
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  Speaker 2: on Monday, and a final panel of 13, 12 jurors,
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  Speaker 2: and one alternate was sworn in Tuesday, as Brand observed
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  Speaker 2: from the dock. The trial could last two months. Turning
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  Speaker 2: to upstate New York, where an ordinary ride home erupted
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  Speaker 2: into horrific violence. Saratoga Springs police say 36-year-old David Cruz
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  Speaker 2: Torres of Michoacan, Mexico, is facing second-degree attempted murder and
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  Speaker 2: fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly slashing his
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  Speaker 2: female co-worker's throat. Authorities say Cruz Torres and the victim
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  Speaker 2: worked together in Saratoga Springs. At the end of their
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  Speaker 2: shift on Friday, Cruz Torres asked her for a ride home.
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  Speaker 2: But while she was driving, police say Cruz Torres pulled
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  Speaker 2: out a knife without warning and cut her throat. In
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  Speaker 2: a desperate fight to survive, the victim leaped from the
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  Speaker 2: moving car and screamed for help. The vehicle then slammed
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  Speaker 2: into Augie's To Go, an Italian restaurant. Responding officers discovered
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  Speaker 2: the victim with life-threatening lacerations unrelated to the crash. She
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  Speaker 2: was airlifted to a trauma center. Officers apprehended Cruz-Torres as
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  Speaker 2: he attempted to flee the scene on foot. For more
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  Speaker 2: Sydney Silvani.