October 13, 2026

Accused Philly cop killer Eric Lewis hit with 76 charges, held without bail

By The Night Desk

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Eric Lewis, 35, the man accused of ambushing two Philadelphia police officers on Saturday, was arraigned Sunday morning on 76 charges and ordered held without bail, according to court records.

The charges

The charges include:

• Murder
• Homicide of a law enforcement officer
• Attempted murder
• 10 counts of attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer
• Aggravated assault
• Terroristic threats
• Dozens of other related offenses

His next court date is scheduled for Oct. 26.

The ambush

The charges stem from the early-Saturday shooting that killed Philadelphia Police Officer Shane Seiber and left his partner wounded.

Seiber, 40, was a father of two and an Air Force veteran who served 10 years with the Philadelphia Police Department. He is survived by his wife, 7-year-old son, and 3-year-old daughter. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel told reporters Saturday that Seiber's wife was able to be by his side before he passed.

The wounded officer, a 33-year-old father of five, was shot 12 times — initially listed in critical condition, he has since been listed in stable condition.

The shooting unfolded around 12:20 a.m. Saturday, when the two officers responded to a report of a man with a gun. They located an armed man on a porch on the 100 block of North 52nd Street in West Philadelphia and came under what police described as "significant gunfire." Additional officers and a SWAT team found both officers on the porch suffering from gunshot wounds. More gunfire followed, prompting a barricade situation before Lewis was taken into custody.

Police said Lewis was found in possession of two handguns and a shotgun. One of the handguns belonged to an officer wounded in the attack. At a news conference Saturday, District Attorney Larry Krasner declined to say whether Lewis had fired the officer's handgun or how he had obtained the other firearms.

Krasner also said there was nothing in Lewis' criminal background that would have prevented him from obtaining a firearm. Lewis, an employee of the Philadelphia Water Department, has a criminal history dating to 2012, according to Pennsylvania court records reviewed by Fox News Digital — convictions for theft and receiving stolen property (2012) and gun-related offenses and simple assault (2013), probation in both cases, plus a 2018 guilty plea to disorderly conduct involving fighting and three 2024 traffic citations.

Read our original coverage of the ambush: Officer Shane Seiber killed in West Philadelphia porch ambush

This story is developing. The Night Desk is following the case ahead of the Oct. 26 court date.

Source: NY Post — read the original report