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Philadelphia police lieutenant dies from the coronavirus, first fatality among city employees

Lt. James Walker, 59, was pronounced dead from coronavirus Sunday at Abington Hospital, the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office said. A three-decade veteran of the department, he was the city’s first active duty officer to die as a result of the pandemic.

(FOR USE AS DESIRED) The iconic "A Friend" statue by Wilmington, Del. artist Charles Cropper Parks (1922-2012) is photographed outside the Philadelphia Police Administration Building (the Roundhouse, Police Headquarters) at Race and Arch Streets September 10, 2019. The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Philadelphia Percent for Art Program and was installed in 1977. It was restored in 2013 by Materials Conservation Collaborative with funding from the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation. It depicts a standing uniformed police officer holding a small child in his arms symbolizing the protective role of the police officer in the community. Parks attended the University of Delaware and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and created over 500 sculptures during his career.
(FOR USE AS DESIRED) The iconic "A Friend" statue by Wilmington, Del. artist Charles Cropper Parks (1922-2012) is photographed outside the Philadelphia Police Administration Building (the Roundhouse, Police Headquarters) at Race and Arch Streets September 10, 2019. The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Philadelphia Percent for Art Program and was installed in 1977. It was restored in 2013 by Materials Conservation Collaborative with funding from the Kal and Lucille Rudman Foundation. It depicts a standing uniformed police officer holding a small child in his arms symbolizing the protective role of the police officer in the community. Parks attended the University of Delaware and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and created over 500 sculptures during his career.Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer