A Philadelphia police officer who survived being shot 12 times in an ambush that killed his partner was met with cheers over the weekend as he left the hospital to continue his recovery.Officer Hector Rodriguez III was released from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center just over two weeks after the Oct.10 attack that killed his partner, Officer Shane Seiber, and led to more than 70 criminal charges against suspect Eric Lewis.Photos and video posted by the Philadelphia Police Department show Rodriguez sitting upright on a stretcher as he was wheeled through an entryway packed with cheering supporters before an ambulance carrying him pulled away.EMBATTLED SOROS-BACKED DA BLAMES ‘CRIMINAL’ POLICE MISCONDUCT IN ACCUSED PHILLY COP KILLER’S PRIOR MURDER CASE"This morning, we clapped P/O Hector Rodriguez out of Penn Presbyterian as he left to continue his recovery," the Philadelphia Police Department wrote on X.
"Thank you to his medical team and everyone who has supported Hector, his family and our PPD family.We'll be beside him every step of the way!"Philadelphia police officers and other supporters gathered outside Penn Presbyterian Medical Center as Officer Hector Rodriguez III was released to continue his recovery.
(Philadelphia Police X)Rodriguez, 33, has served with the Philadelphia Police Department for nine years and has been assigned to the 19th District since December 2018.DOJ SENDS GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS TO PHILADELPHIA DA KRASNER AFTER JUDGE'S REFERRAL, SOURCES SAYRodriguez and Seiber were called to a residence in West Philadelphia at about 12:17 a.m.on Oct.
10 for a report of a man with a gun.Police said the officers found a man on the porch before a struggle broke out and both were shot.Other officers arriving at the scene found Rodriguez and Seiber unresponsive on the porch and rushed them to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.Philadelphia Police Officer Hector Rodriguez III was released from the hospital just over two weeks after he was shot 12 times dur...