Portrait unveiled of fallen Philadelphia police officer

Fallen Philadelphia officer honored in portrait. Brian Taff reports during Action News at 5 p.m. on June 29, 2017.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A fallen Philadelphia police officer is being remembered five years after his death.

On Thursday, the department presented Officer Brian Lorenzo's loved ones with an original portrait at police headquarters.
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Lorenzo was killed in July of 2012, when a drunk driver hit his police motorcycle on I-95.

His brother, who's also a Philadelphia police officer, was among the family members who accepted the painting.

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