Philadelphia recreation center renamed after slain Parks & Rec employee
A Philadelphia recreation center has been renamed after Tiffany Fletcher, who was fatally shot outside the facility last year. FOX 29's Alex Holley has the details.
PHILADELPHIA - A recreation center in Philadelphia has been renamed in honor of a Parks and Recreation employee killed outside the facility last year.
The Mill Creek Rec Center has been renamed the Tiffany Fletcher Rec Center to remember the slain Parks and Rec worker.
Fletcher, a then 41-year-old mother of three, was fatally shot when she was caught in the crossfire of a shootout near the rec center in September.
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According to authorities, the victim was a Mill Creek Rec Center employee and was working at the time of the shooting.
She was remembered by many in the community as a hard-working employee who always wanted to help others.
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The Mill Creek Recration Center in Philadelphia was renamed in honor of Tiffany Fletcher, a Parks & Recreation employee who was fatally shot near the facility in September. FOX 29's Karen Hepp has the details.