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Miles Pfeffer Sentenced to Life for Killing Temple University Officer

A judge described the execution-style ambush as senseless in handing down life plus 22.5 years after a swift guilty verdict.

FILE - Items fill a memorial for Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, Feb. 23, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
FILE - Law enforcement officers gather as an honor guard carries the casket containing the remains of Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Overview

  • A Philadelphia jury found 20-year-old Miles Pfeffer guilty of first-degree murder and related gun charges for the February 2023 shooting of Officer Christopher Fitzgerald.
  • Prosecutors presented security footage showing Pfeffer firing six shots at Fitzgerald, then standing over him to deliver three execution-style rounds.
  • Common Pleas Judge Glenn B. Bronson called the killing “the worst of the worst” before imposing life in prison plus 22.5 years for robbery counts.
  • District Attorney Larry Krasner declined to seek the death penalty, a choice criticized by the victim’s family and the Temple University Police Association.
  • After the shooting, Pfeffer carjacked a Temple student and fled to his mother’s Bucks County farm, where he was arrested the next day.