RED LION, Pa. — A procession with law enforcement officers is planned for the Friday funeral of a Pennsylvania police officer who was shot and killed while coming to the rescue of medical personnel and patients during an attack on last weekend.
Family members, friends and fellow officers are expected to attend the service for West York Patrolman Andrew Duarte — a former officer in the Denver Police Department — at Living Word Community Church in Red Lion, Pennsylvania.
Duarte, 30, was killed while responding to a man with a gun who took hostages inside UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, Pennsylvania. The attacker, Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz, 49, also was killed and several others were wounded.
The 1 p.m. service is closed to the public but will be by the church.
Accounts of nurses have been shared in Facebook posts, disclosing details about their injuries and treatment and how the events have haunted those who lived through it.
York County District Attorney Tim Barker said Archangel-Ortiz appeared to have had with the intensive care unit “for a medical purpose involving another person” but didn’t elaborate.
Born in Oakland, California, Duarte had served on the West York police force since 2022. Before that, he spent five years with the Denver Police Department in Colorado.
An said he earned a degree in criminal justice and police science from California University of Pennsylvania and his interests included photography, guitar, hiking and traveling.
Survivors include his parents and his girlfriend.
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