Crime Scene Unit officers bring files into the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice for start of opening statements in shooting death of Philadelphia Police officer Richard Mendez. Read more Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

by Jesse Bunch Published Nov. 21, 2025, 5:26 p.m. ET

As jury deliberations stretched through a third day, a conclusion in the trial of two men accused of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez was delayed Friday after a juror had to be replaced.

It was the second time a juror was removed.

The issues brought unease to a courtroom full of Mendez’s family, friends, and law enforcement colleagues who had gathered during the nearly two-week-long trial with hopes of justice for Mendez, who was shot and killed at the airport in

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