PHILADELPHIA — Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald was patrolling an area near campus Saturday night that had experienced a rash of recent carjackings and robberies when he noticed three people wearing black clothing with masks over their faces.
Fitzgerald, working alone and in uniform, decided to approach the young men on foot. And around 7:12 p.m., he reported over police radio that he was going to make a pedestrian stop on the 1800 block of Montgomery Avenue in North Philadelphia.
That prompted Philadelphia Police Corporal Theresa Brooks — who was listening to the radio at the nearby headquarters of the 22nd District — to leave the building to help Fitzgerald.
