Why are flags at half-mast today? PA half-staff order, flag status – PhillyBurbs

Why are flags at half-mast today? PA half-staff order, flag status  PhillyBurbs

Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered flags to be at half-staff Monday across Pennsylvania in tribute to slain Philadelphia Police Department officer Shane Seiber, who was killed in the line of duty over the weekend. Seiber, a 40-year-old Bensalem resident, was a 10-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department who was fatally shot while responding to a report of a person with a gun in West Philadelphia on Oct. 10. He is survived by his wife, a 7-year-old son and a 3-year-old daughter. In announcing the flag order, which applies to U.S. and Commonwealth flags at Pennsylvania facilities, public buildings and grounds, Shapiro called Pennsylvania's law enforcement officers "the very best of us," while Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said Philadelphia would "stand with" Seiber's family in the days ahead.

Pennsylvania flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on the date of his interment, which has not yet been announced Flags are flying at half-staff — not half-mast — in Pennsylvania by order of Gov. Josh Shapiro as a tribute honoring fallen Philadelphia Police Department officer Shane Seiber, who was fatally shot in West Philadelphia on Oct. 10. Flags flying half-staff in Pennsylvania today, Oct. 12, will remain lowered across Commonwealth facilities, public building and grounds across Pennsylvania. Authorities said Shane Seiber was among officers responding to a report of a person with