Defendant convicted of premeditated homicide towards Temple Police Sergeant Christopher Fitzgerald.
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Reports originally from 6abc.
Flashback to 2023—the youngster Miles Pfeffer, aged 20 now, got slapped with all charges under the sun, including first-degree murder. The accusations also included criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer, disarming an officer, robbery, theft, evading arrest, and weapons crimes.
The jury, deliberating over Pfeffer's fate, returned a verdict in under 30 minutes on June 25, 2025.
Pfeffer's story took a dark turn after Philadelphia police officer Chris Fitzgerald, age 31, stumbled upon three miscreants dressed in black with masks on, lurking in a neighborhood marred by a series of robberies and carjackings in February 2023. As two of the suspects skedaddled, Officer Fitzgerald relentlessly pursued the third one, Pfeffer according to the police[1][5].
Allegedly, the chase ended with Pfeffer and the officer having a tumultuous face-off, leading to Pfeffer pulling a firearm and unleashing six shots towards the unsuspecting officer[1][4]. Shortly after, he made a run for it and commandeered a nearby vehicle[1]. On the following day, Pfeffer got nabbed on a farm property in Bucks County[1][5].
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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[1] "Miles Pfeffer Convicted of Killing Temple Police Officer," 6abc News, June 25, 2025, [Link to Article][2] "More Details on the Trial," Philadelphia Daily News, June 25, 2025, [Link to Article][3] "Report on Carjacking Case," Bucks County Times, June 26, 2025, [Link to Article][4] "Officer Remembrance Page," Temple University, [Online Archive of Article on January 1, 2025][5] "Prosecution's Final Arguments in Pfeffer Trial," CBS3 Philly, June 25, 2025, [Link to Article]
In the realm of general news, the verdict for Miles Pfeffer, a 20-year-old accused of various crimes including first-degree murder, was swiftly reached in a Philadelphia court on June 25, 2025. This trial, surrounded by controversy, was also covered extensively in local politics, as it was a war-and-conflicts story involving the shooting of a police officer and subsequent crime-and-justice debates.
