Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro remembers Chris Fitzgerald as a

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Chris Fitzgerald was a faithful public servant who was proud to be a police officer and set an instance in the neighborhood he patrolled, Gov. Josh Shapiro stated in a eulogy Friday.

“Christopher Fitzgerald was a proud police officer,” Shapiro stated. “The form of police officer who distinctively understood that delicate stability between making the arrest and mentoring our youth. He keenly understood to make our streets safer meant believing in those that lived in these neighborhoods. Taking the time to grasp them and making them really accessible. He was an instance of the way it’s purported to be executed.”

Shapiro paid particular notice to the Temple employees current within the constructing and Fitzgerald’s household.

“Officer Christopher Fitzgerald’s mindless dying has touched us all,” Shapiro stated, including that Fitzgerald was a “true public servant.”

“He needed to make our metropolis secure for everybody, he needed to make sure that each child had an opportunity.”

“He had a lot extra to do, Chris did. His life was taken far too early,” Shapiro stated. “He had a lot extra to offer, to do, to share with us. However Chris was on this Earth lengthy sufficient to indicate us the way in which he was.”

Shapiro stated Fitzgerald’s dying “touched us all.”

“Officer Fitzgerald was a real public servant from a proud and revered regulation enforcement household,” Shapiro stated. “Chris’ father, Chief Joel Fitzgerald, served Philadelphia as a police officer and now as a police chief throughout the nation. His mom Pauline Fitzgerald served our commonwealth within the workplace of lawyer normal the place we labored collectively to make our communities safer.”

Within the eulogy, Shapiro paid particular notice to the Temple employees current within the constructing and Fitzgerald’s dad and mom.

Shapiro stated he was honored when requested to offer the eulogy.

“Your fellow Pennsylvanians be a part of you in mourning,” Shapiro stated. “To Joel, Pauline, Marissa, and your kids. My spouse Lori and I, our first girl and I are privileged to be in your presence and humbled that you’ve got requested me to honor the reminiscence of your son, your husband, your father.”

“Our phrases cannot take away from the ache you will need to endure the struggling of this hour and the darkness of an unknown future with out your son, your husband, your father, the one you love, your fellow police officer,” Shapiro added.

In the meantime, Temple College officers posthumously promoted Fitzgerald to sergeant.