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Fellow Philadelphia Police Officer Writes Powerful Facebook Post

Published  January 8, 2016 7:56pm EST
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FOX 29 Philadelphia

Last night, you were stopped at the red light at 60th and Spruce. You were working solo, probably bored out of your mind...

PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) One of the Philadelphia police officers who responded to the call of the ambush shooting in West Philadelphia took to Facebook in a post that has now went viral.

Officer Jonny Castro penned the post where he described the terrifying events and called Philadelphia Police Officer Jesse Hartnett a hero.

"You did great last night. You made the 18th district and the entire Department proud of you. You are a hero. January 7th will forever be your alive day. Rest up," he wrote.

As of this writing, the post has been shared over 49,000 times.

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