Identities revealed of man killed on the Parkway as well as officer who shot him

The Philadelphia police officer who was with a SEPTA officer when they shot and killed a man on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway have been identified. The man who was killed has also been identified.

Officers with the Philadelphia Police Department and SEPTA police were called to the area of 21st Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Oct. 9 around 11 a.m. after it was reported that there was a man with a gun, officials said.

When the responding officers got to the scene, they reported finding a man identified as 60-year-old William Austin pointing a revolver in several directions and at police…

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