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Officer Brad Fox, Plymouth Township Police Department was killed in the line of duty on 9/13/12. He leaves behind a young daughter, and a wife, who is pregnant.

He was killed in pursuit of a hit and run suspect, who shot the officer and his K-9 partner. The suspect is also dead, but no details have been released regarding that. The dog is injured, but survived.

I have dealt with a number of police Line of Duty deaths, but our more "usual" is traffic accidents ... the last two LODDs were a rollover accident and a crash after hitting a deer.

The last time an officer was shot and killed in this county was in 1992 ... Officer Thomas Barone, in Norristown.

He survived two tours in Iraq as a Marine.

According to the press conference yesterday evening, today is his birthday.