It's not every day that a police officer is killed in the line of duty, but that's exactly what happened in Chester County, Pa., on Saturday.
Police say 49-year-old officer Rafael Perez-Barrera was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Perez-Barrera had been sitting in his patrol car for about five minutes when he was fatally injured by a bullet to the head, police say.
A witness tells WPVI that Perez-Barrera was sitting in his patrol car with a gun in his hand when he was shot.
The witness says Perez-Barrera, who had a concealed weapons permit, was sitting in his patrol car with a gun in his hand when he was shot.
The witness says Perez-Barrera was sitting in his patrol car with the gun in his hand when he was shot.
He was wearing a bullet-proof vest and had his hands in his lap when he was shot.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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