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by Nate File Updated Oct. 15, 2025, 11:08 a.m. ET | Published Oct. 15, 2025, 10:43 a.m. ET

A Philadelphia firefighter was killed in the city’s Holmesburg section in the early hours of Wednesday morning, police said.

The 56-year-old man was found dead inside a home on the 4700 block of Shelmire Avenue at 4 a.m. after police were called.

A 27-year-old male suspect is in custody, and detectives are investigating the incident as a homicide. The suspect told police when they arrived that there had been a disturbance in the home, but the circumstances of the incident were unclear.

“The Philadelphia Fire Department is heartbroken over the death of one of our members overnight. We are working closely with t

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