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The family is preparing for the funeral of the officer Andrew Duarte, who killed West York Patrolman at the shootout of the UPMC Memorial Hospital

The attacker, the 49-year-old Diogenes Archangel Ortiz, was also killed and several others were wounded.

Red Lion, Pa. – A procession with law enforcement officers is planned for the funeral of a police officer of Pennsylvania, who was killed during an attack on a hospital intensive care unit last weekend to save medical staff and patients, who was shot.

The video comes from an earlier report.

Family members, friends and other officers are expected to visit the service for the West York Officer Andrew Duarte in the Living Word Community Church in Red Lion, Pennsylvania.

Andrew Duarte, who worked as a police officer in Denver from 2017 to 2022, shows this undated photo of the Denver police department.

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The 30 -year -old duarte was killed when he reacted to a man with a weapon who took hostage in the UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. The attacker Diogenes Archangel Ortiz (49) was also killed and several others were wounded.

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The service from 1 p.m. is closed to the public, but is lived by the church. Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania, is expected to make comments.

The remains of the police officer of the West York district, Andrew Duarte, will come to his funeral at the Living Word Community Church in Red Lion, Pennsylvania on Friday, February 28, 2025.

The remains of the police officer of the West York district, Andrew Duarte, will come to his funeral at the Living Word Community Church in Red Lion, Pennsylvania on Friday, February 28, 2025.

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Reports about nurses who survived the attack were shared in Facebook posts, whereby details on their injuries and their treatment and the way in which the events have followed those who have experienced through.

Tim Barker, Prosecutor's Prosecutor of York County, said that Archangel Ortiz had recently contacted the intensive care unit “for a medical purpose in which another person participated”, but not complex.

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The Duarte, born in Oakland, California, had been working at the West York Police Force since 2022. Before that, he spent five years at the Denver police department in Colorado.

An obituary said he had a degree in criminal judiciary and police science from the California University of Pennsylvania and his interests included photography, guitar, hiking and traveling.

The survivors include his parents and his girlfriend.

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