Dozens honor Philly officer as he leaves hospital 2 weeks after deadly shooting – NBC10 Philadelphia

Dozens honor Philly officer as he leaves hospital 2 weeks after deadly shooting  NBC10 Philadelphia

A Philadelphia police officer who was injured in a double shooting that killed another officer was set to leave the hospital Saturday. Officer Hector Rodriguez was released from the hospital on Saturday after getting shot 12 times in a deadly ambush two weeks ago. NBC10’s Andrew Rowan has the story. More than 100 police officers and medical personnel lined up outside Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Saturday morning to honor a Philadelphia police officer as he left the hospital two weeks after being shot in the line of duty. Officer Hector Rodriguez, 33, was discharged from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center Saturday morning, two weeks after he and Officer Shane Seiber were shot multiple times in West Philadelphia on Oct.

10. Stream Philadelphia News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC10. "Great sadness brought us here, but you see great joy today," First Deputy John Stanford said. Seiber, 40, was killed after being shot three times, and Rodriguez was seriously injured after being shot a dozen times. The accused shooter, 35-year-old Eric Lewis, faces charges of homicide of a law enforcement officer and murder in connection with Seiber's death, as well as 10 counts of attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer, attempted murder and other related charges. He is also accused of firing at nine additional police officers during the