ALBERT A VALENTINO

ALBERT A VALENTINO Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 49-W: 16
Department: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: October 23, 1989
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 12
Description: Officer Valentino responded to a radio call regarding a suspicious individual. Officer Valentino and other squad members observed a man talking on a public telephone. When the Police asked the suspect for identification, he pulled a revolver out of his pocket and fired a shot at the approaching officers. The Police returned fire. During this exchange of gunfire, Officer Valentino and the suspect were shot and killed. It was later determined that two of the five bullets exited the suspect's body and struck Officer Valentino through the arm opening of his personal body armor. (friendly fire)
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