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Officer Isabel Nazario


Philadelphia Police Officer Isabel Nazario was killed Sept. 5 when the police cruiser she was riding in was broadsided by a stolen SUV in the city's Mantua section. Her partner, Officer Terry Tull, was severely injured.
Complete coverage from The Inquirer and Daily News is below.
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Mourning a fallen officer
Family, friends, the city's police force and its civic leaders bid farewell this afternoon to police officer Isabel Nazario, killed on duty Sept. 5 when her patrol car was struck by a stolen car.
Nightmare neighbor: Suspect in cop's death no angel
Andre Butler is an angry, troubled 16-year-old with sticky fingers, a short fuse and quick fists. So his neighbors aren't surprised he stands accused of barreling a stolen Cadillac Escalade into a police cruiser, killing Officer Isabel Nazario.

"He's a beast. He's a menace to the neighborhood," says one neighbor.
Family hails cop killed in crash
What Jazmin Nazario admired most about her mother, Philadelphia Police Officer Isabel Nazario, was something that she was surprised to find within herself yesterday - strength. Jazmin was among hundreds of people at a vigil in Mantua, where her mother's life was taken Friday by a teen driver in a stolen vehicle, according to police.
A vigil to mourn and remember
Teary family members and friends of Officer Isabel Nazario held a vigil yesterday at the intersection where she was killed in a crash Friday night during the pursuit of a teenager driving a stolen Cadillac Escalade.
Officer killed in crash, second injured
A Philadelphia police officer died last night after her cruiser collided with a sport-utility vehicle - allegedly driven by a drunken teenager - in the Mantua section of West Philadelphia.
Crash kills cop, badly injures 2nd
The Philadelphia Police Department is in mourning following a car accident in Mantua last night that claimed the life of one officer and left another critically injured.
SLIDESHOWS: SAYING FAREWELL TO FALLEN OFFICERS

Since 2006, The Philadelphia Police Department has lost four of its officers in the line of duty. Before Officer Isabel Nazario was killed Sept. 5, Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski was fatally shot in May as he pursued three bank robbers. Officer Chuck Cassidy was killed last November as he interrupted a robbery at a West Oak Lane Dunkin' Donuts. And in May 2006, Officer Gary Skerski was slain when he responded to a robbery at Pat's Cafe in Frankford.
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