Crime & Safety

Upper Southampton Police Officer Found Dead in Patrol Car; Ivyland Chief Suffers Cardiac Arrest

Ongoing investigation into an officer found dead this morning inside his patrol car, parked in a local church parking-lot .

According to philyburbs.com, an Upper Southampton police officer was found dead in his patrol car this morning following a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

The officer, who has not been identified, was discovered this morning just before 9 a.m. in the parking lot of

It was reported that another officer suffered cardiac arrest and was transported from the scene of the incident.

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Administration at St. Mary's Medical Center confirmed Ivyland Borough Police Chief Nicholas Rosato is presently undergoing treatment in the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab.

No word on his condition at this time.

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