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.

Andrew Duarte spent more than six years as a police officer and just recently celebrated his 30th birthday before his life was taken in the UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting.