Opening statements were read Wednesday in the trial of two men charged with killing a Philadelphia police sergeant at the airport in 2023.

Prosecutors say Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez and Hendrick Pena-Martinez were caught breaking into cars when they opened fire on Sgt. Richard Mendez and Officer Raul Ortiz. Mendez would later die from his injuries.

Jury selection wrapped up on Wednesday morning.

Assistant District Attorney Cydney Pope asked jurors to remember back to the night of Oct. 12, 2023.

The Philadelphia Phillies had just played a critical playoff game, but at the airport, a tragedy was unfolding.

Mendez and Ortiz were walking into work for their shift at the airport and stumbling upon what prosecutors described as a crew of car thieves from Camden, New Jersey, w

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