Sept. 11 (UPI) — A Philadelphia police officer who has been hospitalized since being shot during a traffic stop more than 80 days ago has died, city authorities and officials announced Wednesday.
Officer Jaime Roman succumbed to his injuries shortly after 8:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday in the intensive care unit at Temple University Hospital while surrounded by his family, the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement .
During a Wednesday morning press conference announcing Roman’s death to the public, Mayor Cherelle Parker said she was at the hospital with other police officers and commanders Tuesday night when they learned of Roman’s death.
“I told the officers last night, many of whom had served with him, his family, his police family, his parter, we’ll never leave his side,” she said. “And I told the officers taht we will be there for them as well.
“We ask them every day to go do a job for the people of Philadelphia, we ask them to protect and serve us to the best of their ability and it’s a very, very difficult job. A this moment, it is our job to be there for them.”