The West York community is showing how much it cares for Officer Duarte and each other. At a candlelight vigil hours after West York Borough Officer Andrew Duarte was killed, CBS 21 found a local officer laying flowers at the police station.

The West York borough police department confirmed that Officer Andrew Duarte was killed in the line of duty during an active shooter incident that included a hostage situation at UPMC Memorial Hospital Feb. 22, 2025. Duarte had been a police officer for more than six years, according to his LinkedIn profile.

West York Borough has announced that it was setting up several ways to contribute to a fund for the family of police officer Andrew Duarte, who was killed in a shootout at UPMC Memorial on Saturday. In a Facebook post,