A Bucks County, Pennsylvania man is headed to trial in the shooting death of a Temple University police officer 11 months ago near the campus in North Philadelphia.
The suspect, 19-year-old Miles Pfeffer of Buckingham Township, waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday on
charges including murder and murder of a law enforcement officer
in the slaying of 31-year-old
last February.
Miles Pfeffer
Fitzgerald’s family walked out of the Criminal Justice Center on Tuesday morning holding hands. His widow, Marissa, was wearing his Temple jacket.
Minutes earlier, they were in the same courtroom as Pfeffer.
“He’s disgusting. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less. No empathy. Just an evil human being. Just an evil individual that has no regard for life,” said Marissa Fitzgerald.
The hearing came nearly a year after Sgt. Fitzgerald was shot. The family says justice is taking too long.
“The preliminary hearing happened today. We’re talking January 2024, and my son was killed February 18 of last year,” said Fitzgerald’s father, Joel Fitzgerald. “It’s ridiculous.”