COP KILLER CAUGHT IN MIAMI.
THEY GOT HIM.
Suspected Cop Killer Caught in Miami9 a.m. news conference LIVE on 6abc.com!
by the Action News Team
PHILADELPHIA - November 6, 2007 - Police in Miami have caught the suspected killer of Officer Chuck Cassidy, according to sources. Security camera video showed John "Jordan" Lewis boarding a bus for South Florida during the weekend.
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Lewis was apparently arrested by U.S. Marshals and FBI agents at a homeless shelter in Miami around 7 a.m. this morning. It was about 10 blocks away from the bus station. Apparently, the bus driver was able to identify him and told authorities.
Police officials tell Action News they will be holding a 9 a.m. news conference at Police Headquarters in Center City.
According to investigators, the 21-year-old John Lewis purchased a round trip bus ticket in Wilmington, Delaware bound for Miami, Florida on Saturday night. Sources said when he arrived in Miami late Sunday night, he tried to cash the return ticket for cash. Lewis argued with the teller, who refused to refund his money.
The FBI had been searching Miami to try to find Lewis. Philadelphia police asked the FBI to add Lewis to its most wanted list.
Action News has also learned that Lewis worked at a Dunkin Donuts at Broad and Erie and at another one, part time, at Rising Sun and Roosevelt Boulevard, just a few doors from his mother's house.
Lewis' former co-workers that talked to Action News all said the same thing: they are stunned. He never struck them as the type of person who could kill someone.
"He didn't seem like the type of person that would do anything to nobody," said Tamara Hayes, a former co-worker.
"He was so nice," Kiani Clark said. "He was really nice. He didn't seem like the type that would hurt a fly."
Locally, investigators recovered two weapons during their search for Lewis on Monday, Commissioner Sylvester Johnson said.
Johnson told reporters during a late Monday afternoon news conference that the weapons were recovered while serving a warrant on an undisclosed location. Sources told Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist Monday night that police positively identified one gun as Cassidy's 9 mm Glock service semiautomatic taken after the shooting. The second gun does not match one owned by Lewis' mother and missing, but tests are still being done to determine if it is the murder weapon.
Sources also told Action News that Lewis appeared in Philadelphia court last Friday for hearing in an unrelated case, but that was more than a day before Lewis was identified as a suspect.
Police also seized a vehicle as part of the investigation just before 7:00 Monday morning. It is a blue Mercury Grand Marquis. Police were planning to search the car for evidence linked to Cassidy's murder.
A viewing for family and friends of Officer Cassidy will be held tonight starting at 6:00 at Givnish Funeral Home at 10975 Academy Road. A second viewing for the public will be held at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul starting at 7:30 am Wednesday followed by a mass at noon. Burial will be private at Holy Sepulchure Cemetery in Cheltenham.
The department has established a trust fund for Cassidy's family. (Click here for details)
Cassidy's death marked the second death of a city police officer in 18 months. In May 2006, Officer Gary Skerski was fatally shot in the neck when a man robbing a bar fired a shotgun out the back door. The killer, Solomon Montgomery, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison.
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