Shane Seiber

Philadelphia Police Department — Philadelphia, PA

Felonious

End of Watch October 10, 2026

Age 40

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Badge 7258

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Incident Service The Sacrifice Keepsakes Department 378

Incident

Police Officer Shane Seiber was shot and killed while responding to a disturbance call in West Philadelphia, near the 100 block of North 52nd Street at approximately 1:00 am.

Shortly after midnight, officers were called and dispatched to a complaint of a person wielding a gun from a residential porch. Upon arriving at the home, the suspect fired at the officers as they stepped onto the porch. Officer Seiber and a fellow officer were struck multiple times before the suspect fled down a nearby alley. The officers were transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where Officer Seiber succumbed to his wounds.

Survivors

Officer Seiber was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the Philadelphia Police Department for 10 years. Survivors include his wife and two children.

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Added to badge.nw: October 12, 2026
Last updated: October 12, 2026

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Seiber gave the Philadelphia Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Philadelphia community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Seiber.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Philadelphia Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Platform Identity ppd.philadelphia.pa.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 10, 2026

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 40

Badge Number 7258

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Police Officer Shane Seiber is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,773 officers honored here.

In PA, 598 of 1,262 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 47.4% of this state's fallen. That is 47.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Philadelphia Police Department, 163 of 379 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 43% of this agency's fallen.

Philadelphia Police Department

163

of 379 officers

43% Felonious

PA — Statewide

598

of 1,262 officers

47.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,773 officers

0% Felonious