Due to logistics concerns, the Philadelphia Police Department asked for more time to announce official funeral plans for slain Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson III.
Earlier on Tuesday, the department announced that services for the 22nd District officer would be held on Saturday. Later in the day they said some plans still needed to be confirmed and finalized.
The 30-year-old father of two was killed during a robbery at a GameStop at Hope Plaza Shopping Center on Lehigh Ave. in North Philadelphia last Thursday.
Wilson was in full uniform when brothers Carlton Hipps, 30, and Ramone Williams, 26, entered the GameStop store inside and announced the robbery, subsequently sparking a "fierce and violent" gunbattle that ended with the officer being shot in the head and killed, said Homicide Captain Darrell Clark.
"They were both firing at him," said Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey. "He was actually being hit during the exchange of gunfire but he continued to fight, continued to shoot until the fatal wound was fired and it brought him down."
Wilson is being hailed a hero and is credited with saving the lives of customers and store employees, according to Ramsey.
