Prosecutors charged Eric Lewis in the killing of Philadelphia Officer Shane Seiber.

Saturday's charging announcement was the accusation. Sunday morning's Municipal Court appearance is the first court date. The Inquirer reported Lewis is held without bail at Curran-Fromhold. That hold is not a verdict. Commissioner Kevin Bethel's morning account put the gunman in a tree with three guns and did not give a name. Krasner's afternoon account, as NBC10 and 6abc reported it, is the identification and the charge list. The two stations do not use the same count names.

NBC10 Philadelphia reported Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026, that District Attorney Larry Krasner identified the suspect as 35-year-old Eric Lewis at an afternoon news conference. NBC10 reported Lewis is facing homicide of a law enforcement officer and murder for the killing of Officer Shane Seiber, plus 10 counts of attempted homicide of a law enforcement officer, attempted murder, and other related charges. 6abc reported the same identification and said the charges tied to Seiber's killing include murder, homicide of a law enforcement officer, and multiple weapons offenses. 6abc reported he is also charged with attempted murder and other offenses for allegedly shooting the officer who was injured, and that Krasner said he is charged with attempted murder for shooting at nine other officers who were not struck. NBC10 reported Lewis is expected to be held without bail. A charge list read at a news conference is the accusation.

WHYY reported officers received a call at 12:22 a.m. about a man with a gun on a porch at 140 N. 52nd St., arrived about 30 minutes later, and met significant gunfire once they were on the porch. Fox News, citing Bethel, put the dispatch just after 12:20 a.m. to 140 North 52nd Street and the arrival about 30 minutes later. NBC10 reported the call at 12:22 a.m. on the 100 block of North 52nd Street and the officers' arrival around 12:50 a.m. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported the 100 block and, in a photo caption, 140 North 52nd St. Bethel said Seiber, 40, a 10-year veteran of the 19th District, was shot three times and died at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, WHYY, NBC10, and 6abc reported. Bethel said, "He fought valiantly, but he lost his life today," WHYY reported. Those outlets reported a 33-year-old officer was shot 12 times and was in stable condition. Bethel said of that officer, "He's not out of the woods yet," 6abc reported. Seiber was a husband and a father. The wounded officer has not been named.

Fox News, citing Bethel's morning news conference, reported the suspect fired at two additional officers, that a SWAT team found him in a tree, and that he had two handguns and a shotgun, one of the handguns taken from an officer who had been shot. The Inquirer reported the gunman took one of the officers' weapons, kept shooting when more officers arrived, and was later found in a tree armed with the shotgun, a handgun, and the officer's Glock. 6abc reported he was taken into custody after falling out of a tree. NBC10 reported officers found him in a tree and took him into custody, and that he had a shotgun and two handguns, including one that belonged to an officer. Fox News reported Saturday morning that the name had not been released. WHYY's account, updated Saturday afternoon, still did not name him. The district attorney's conference is the one that put a name and a charge list on that custody. A morning count of two more officers fired at, and an afternoon count of nine officers who were not struck, are both in the day's reporting. Krasner's list is the one attached to charges.

NBC10 reported District Council 33, the union for Philadelphia Water Department employees, confirmed Lewis worked for the department. The union said, "We extend our heartfelt condolences to Officer Seiber's family, loved ones, and colleagues, and we offer our sincere well-wishes for the full recovery of the officer who survived." The Inquirer, citing law enforcement sources who spoke anonymously, had already described Lewis as a water department employee before that conference. The Inquirer reported Joe Grace, a spokesperson for the mayor's office, declined to comment on the employment and referred questions to police. The Inquirer, citing court records, also reported Lewis has convictions dating to at least 2012, including a felony illegal-gun case from 2013, a theft case that ended in probation, and a 2018 disorderly-conduct conviction. Those are closed cases. They are not Saturday's charges.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, that Lewis appeared early that morning in Municipal Court, where he was charged with murder, 10 counts of attempted murder, assault of a law enforcement officer, and additional crimes. The Inquirer reported court records show he is being held at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility without bail, and that the Defender Association of Philadelphia represents him. Keisha Hudson, the chief defender, declined to comment Sunday, the Inquirer reported. Saturday's news conference, as NBC10 reported it, said he was expected to be held without bail. Sunday's docket is the court entering that hold. The Inquirer also reported the 33-year-old officer remained at Penn Presbyterian in stable but serious condition and has not been publicly identified. Saturday's accounts from WHYY, NBC10, and 6abc had described that officer as in stable condition. An arraignment is not a conviction. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.