# Philadelphia officer leaves hospital after surviving ambush that killed partner

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/philadelphia-police-officer-shot-12-times-after-he-and-his-partner-were-ambushed-released-from-hospital-two-weeks-after-horrifying-attack/
- Published: 2026-10-26T05:49:33+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T06:07:35+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16238137/Philadelphia-officer-shot-partner-killed.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Art, Culture, Health, Medicine, World

## Key points

- Hector Rodriguez was released after being shot 12 times.
- His partner Shane Seiber was killed in the ambush.
- The suspect faces more than 80 state charges and five federal charges.

## Summary

Philadelphia officer Hector Rodriguez, 33, has been released from hospital two weeks after being shot 12 times in an ambush that killed his partner, Shane Seiber. His recovery and return home drew a large crowd of colleagues, medical staff and community members, while the attack has left Seiber’s family and the police force mourning his death.

The officers were responding to a report of an armed man in West Philadelphia shortly after midnight on 10 October when Eric Lewis, 35, allegedly opened fire. Seiber was shot three times and died; Lewis fled, fired at nine more responding officers without hitting them, and was arrested after a three-and-a-half-hour manhunt. He faces more than 80 state charges and five federal charges, and Rodriguez attended Seiber’s funeral before his own release.

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