Crime & Safety

Police Officer Fox Killed in Line of Duty

The 34-year-old Iraq veteran leaves behind an expectant wife and young daughter.

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A Montgomery County officer from Plymouth Township was killed in the line of duty Thursday. 

Bradley Fox, 34, a K9 officer and seven-year veteran of the force, was shot in the head at about 6 p.m. during a foot pursuit of an unidentified suspect in the vicinity of Conshohocken Road and Ernest Station Road, near the Schuylkill River Trail. 

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Patch contacted Bensalem Pubilc Safety Director Fred Harran last night for a comment regarding this incident.

"Whenever a officer is killed it hits home," Harran said. "Our thoughts and prayers go out to him family and department.  I worry each day about members of the Bensalem Township Police Department."

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