Video taking off 65x its usual first day

Surveillance timelapse traces the police response after Officer Shane Seiber's killing

NBC10's report pairs the footage with Mayor Cherelle Parker's tribute and the procession that carried the officer's body through Philadelphia.

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NBC10 Philadelphia Story of October 12, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 232,820 views a day, 65 times a normal first day on this channel (3,578).

New video shows timelapse of response after 2 Philly police officers shot, 1 killed

Surveillance video shared with NBC10's Johnny Archer compresses hours into a few seconds. Emergency vehicles arrive at the scene in West Philadelphia, and later SWAT officers take a suspect into custody. The footage is the centerpiece of the station's latest report on the ambush at 52nd and Arch streets that killed Officer Shane Seiber and wounded another officer.

The report opens outside the hospital, with officers saluting as an ambulance carrying Seiber leaves. Mayor Cherelle Parker speaks through her grief: "A 40-year-old servant leader of our Philadelphia village is gone too soon." Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel confirms details about the officers. District Attorney Larry Krasner announces the charges and says the defendant will be held without bail.

Later, officers line the road as a procession escorts Seiber's body to the medical examiner's office. At a campaign rally in Bucks County, Governor Josh Shapiro paused to remember him: "Today's been a dark day across this commonwealth."

The report drew about 233,000 views in its first day, far more than the few thousand a regular NBC10 upload usually gets. It also outpaced the station's other reports on the shooting from the same day, including Kelsey Kushner's first account and Archer's report on the suspect's record. Many in the comments offer condolences to Seiber's family, some from far outside Pennsylvania. Others say the surveillance images are hard to make out.

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