{"id":2070605,"date":"2023-10-17T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/18-year-old-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-of-philadelphia-police-officer\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T16:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:38:21","slug":"18-year-old-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-of-philadelphia-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/18-year-old-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-of-philadelphia-police-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"18-year-old arrested for killing Philadelphia police officer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F18-year-old-arrested-in-fatal-shooting-of-philadelphia-police-officer%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2070605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by William Thomas Cain\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/elizabeth-volberding\">Elizabeth Volberding<br \/><\/a>1:25 PM \u2013 Tuesday, October 17, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Law enforcement authorities apprehended a young man this week\u2063 in connection to the murder of\u2064 Philadelphia police officer Richard Mendez. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, 18-year-old Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez of Camden County, New Jersey, was \u200darrested in\u200d connection to the killing of the officer. The incident occurred on Thursday, October 12<sup>th<\/sup> in the parking lot of the Philadelphia International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Officials\u2062 stated that they had received information on Monday linking Martinez-Fernandez to the incident. <\/p>\n<p>It\u200b was also announced that U.S. Marshals,\u200d the FBI, New Jersey state troopers, and Philadelphia police joined forces and were able\u2063 to arrest him\u2063 at the Days Inn in Cherry Hill \u200cat around 4 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>According \u200dto authorities, Officer Mendez and another officer \u2063named Raul Ortiz had \u200cjust arrived to work at 11 p.m. on\u2063 Thursday. After receiving a call, they witnessed multiple people breaking into a vehicle\u200c in the garage. Soon after, the officers attempted to confront the people \u200dand were quickly shot by one or more of \u200cthe suspects.<\/p>\n<p>Police said\u2062 that Officer Mendez, who had been on the force for over two decades, was shot four times in his upper\u2063 torso and \u2062later \u2063died at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. <\/p>\n<p>Ortiz, who was reportedly a 20-year veteran of the force, was shot in the arm and\u2062 was later released from \u200cthe hospital \u200don Saturday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cA happy day to see him get out of the hospital, knowing that \u2063he\u2019s on the road to recovery as \u200bfar as his\u200d arm, but it\u2019s really his mind \u200band his heart that\u2019s going to need some time to \u2063heal,\u201d Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Investigators stated that Martinez-Hernandez and at \u2063least three others were believed to have participated in the vehicle theft. There is still an ongoing search for the other \u2063suspects involved. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/4 \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMS_Philly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USMS_Philly<\/a> continued their successful streak in recent catching WANTED\u200d killers\u2063 and shooters\u2064 without firing a shots themselves.    <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhillyPolice<\/a> \u200b accused killer, 18 year old Yobranny Fernandez, of Camden, is the latest. \u2063   \u201cMore to come in this \u200bcase.\u201d  The \u200ctask force vows. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QfoFVw3YjO\">pic.twitter.com\/QfoFVw3YjO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeeleyFox29\/status\/1714003947977859145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October \u200d16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One of the teenagers involved was 18-year-old \u200cJesus Herman Madera-Duran. According to authorities, Madera-Duran was allegedly involved in the confrontation with the officers. <\/p>\n<p>He was later seen being dropped off at the hospital by the suspects in an \u2062SUV that had been \u2062reported stolen a week prior. After suffering gunshot wounds to\u2063 his left \u200carm,\u200d chest, and abdomen, Duran\u2062 was declared dead at around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Police assumed that Duran had\u200c at least three partners and\u2064 believed one of them was responsible for \u201cfiring \u200dthe firearm that shot all three of these individuals,\u201d First \u200cDeputy Commissioner Frank Vanore \u200dsaid at\u2062 a news conference on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe believe that\u2064 both Ortiz and Mendez attempted to apprehend at least one of the individuals. We think, by the evidence, someone came behind Mendez and\u200b fired a\u2064 weapon,\u201d Vanore \u2064said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, he mentioned that there was potential that Duran was\u200c hit \u2064by the shots that were initially aimed at the officer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe believe that \u200cindividual participated in the theft of\u200d the vehicle and was subsequently involved in the shooting homicides of Officer Ortiz, Officer Mendez, as well as the individual that was with them, Jes\u00fas Dur\u00e1n,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Officer Mendez\u2019s gun has not yet been\u200d retrieved. <\/p>\n<p>Mendez\u2019s funeral will be held\u2062 on Tuesday and\u2062 his \u200cfamily has requested \u201cprivacy and time to grieve.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \u2062Philadelphia Police Department continues to mourn the loss of hero P\/O\u2063 Richard\u200c Mendez, \u200bwho made the \u200dultimate sacrifice in service \u200bto our city. His brave partner, P\/O\u2063 Raul Ortiz, continues\u200d to recover from the same heinous attack. Their families demand justice; Please\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u6JAvTFI63\">pic.twitter.com\/u6JAvTFI63<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Police Department\u2063 (@PhillyPolice) \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyPolice\/status\/1713227909765247237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u200c breaking\u200c news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The \u200bAmerican people voice their concern over Palestinian civilians in Gaza while still \u2064maintaining their\u2062 support for Israel and their fight against Islamic terrorism. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tensions are reaching a breaking point in the negotiations\u2062 between the Ford Motor Company and the United Auto Workers Union.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2062 Bruce LeVell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Colin Schmitt<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LinkedIn said on Monday it would lay\u2062 off 668 employees across its engineering, talent and\u200d finance teams in the second round of job cuts this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix\u2019s crackdown on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million is expected to set the stage for price \u2064increases.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google said on\u200b Thursday \u200cthat it will defend users \u200dof\u2064 generative \u200bartificial-intelligence\u200b systems in its Google Cloud and \u2062Workspace platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerball-player-wins-lotterys-1-76b-jackpot-winning-ticket-sold-in-california\/\" title=\"California sells winning ticket for .76B Powerball jackpot.\">published proposed security requirements<\/a> for firms offering \u200cservices powered by generative artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200c rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What collaborative efforts\u200c were made \u2064to apprehend \u2064Yobranny\u200d Martinez-Fernandez<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Young Man Arrested in Connection to \u2064Murder of Philadelphia \u200cPolice Officer<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement authorities have apprehended an 18-year-old man in connection\u200b to \u200cthe murder of Philadelphia\u200c police\u2064 officer Richard Mendez. Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez of\u2063 Camden County, New Jersey, was arrested on Monday, October 16th, in the parking lot of the\u2062 Philadelphia International \u200cAirport.<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of Thursday, October 12th, Officer Mendez and another officer named Raul Ortiz \u2064had just arrived to\u2062 work at 11 p.m.\u2063 After \u200creceiving a call about multiple people breaking \u2064into a\u2064 vehicle in the garage, the officers attempted to confront the suspects.\u2064 Tragically, they were quickly shot by one or more of the individuals involved.<\/p>\n<p>Officer\u200c Mendez, a dedicated police officer with over two decades of experience, was \u2063shot four\u200d times in his upper torso and\u200d later\u200c succumbed to his injuries at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. Ortiz, a 20-year veteran of the force, was shot in the arm but \u200bhas since\u2062 been released from \u2063the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation into the \u200dincident led authorities\u200c to Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez, who was arrested with the collaborative efforts of\u200b U.S. Marshals, the FBI, New Jersey \u2062state troopers, and Philadelphia police. Martinez-Fernandez was apprehended in the early hours of Monday morning at the Days\u200b Inn \u2064in Cherry Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Interim\u200d Police Commissioner John Stanford expressed his relief at Ortiz&#8217;s release from the hospital but \u200cacknowledged that he still has a long road to recovery \u200dahead. &#8220;It&#8217;s \u2064really\u2064 his mind\u2064 and his heart that&#8217;s going to need some time to heal,&#8221;\u2062 Stanford said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities\u200c believe that \u200dMartinez-Fernandez and at least three others were \u200dinvolved\u2062 in the vehicle theft that led to the tragic shooting. The search\u2064 is still \u2063ongoing for the remaining suspects.<\/p>\n<p>The murder of Officer Richard Mendez serves as a tragic reminder \u200cof\u2063 the risks that law enforcement officers face every day to protect\u2064 our communities. It highlights the importance of supporting and appreciating our police force for their dedication and sacrifice.<\/p>\n<p>As the investigation continues, we hope that\u2063 justice will be served and that Officer Mendez&#8217;s family and colleagues find\u200b some semblance\u2063 of peace and closure in the face of this devastating loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia police officer Richard Mendez. 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