PHILADELPHIA -- An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and injured another last week in a Philadelphia International Airport parking garage, police said.Police will provide more information during a 2:30 p.m. news conference on Monday, which can be streamed on CBS News Philadelphia and in the streaming player above.The shooting happened around 11 p.m. last Thursday inside a parking garage at the airport.
Ortiz was shot in the arm and was released from the hospital Saturday morning.'A happy day to see him get out of the hospital, knowing that he's on the road to recovery as far as his arm, but it's really his mind and his heart that's going to need some time to heal,' Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford said.Philadelphia Officer Eddie Lopez, president of the Spanish American Police Officers Association, said he knew Mendez for 21 years.
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