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Benefit for O’Connor postponed

A memorial was established at the crime scene at 1688 Bridge St.

Update: The benefit has been postponed.

Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, 11630 Caroline Road, will host Benefit for our Hero in memory of Cpl. James O’Connor on Friday, March 20, from 6 to 10 p.m.

O’Connor, of the SWAT unit, was shot and killed on Friday morning as he served an arrest warrant for a murder suspect at a home at 1688 Bridge St. in a downtrodden section of Frankford.

The cost is $30 and will include food, draft beer, wine, a DJ and well drinks. Memorial T-shirts will be sold.

All proceeds will go to O’Connor’s family. ••

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