Man fatally shot by 2 Philadelphia police officers in Fairhill identified

Philadelphia police identified the 25-year-old man who was shot and killed by two officers in North Philly’s Fairhill neighborhood in May.

Police identified the 25-year-old man shot at the intersection of Mutter and Somerset streets on May 21 as Bruce Harry Garcia. The two officers who fired their weapons were identified as Edward Lane and Matthew Galdo.

According to police, Lane and Galdo were in a marked Philadelphia police patrol car in full uniform just before 6:45 p.m. when they saw Garcia holding a black bag in the area of Front and Somerset streets…

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