(WHTM) \u2014 Governor Josh Shapiro\u2019s office announced that all flags will remain at half-staff today.<\/p>\n
The office announced on Facebook<\/a> that all flags in the Commonwealth will remain at half-staff on Saturday, March 14, in honor of Pfc. Krystofer Lee Lopez<\/a>, a U.S. Army soldier who was killed in a training incident at Letterkenny Army Depot<\/a> in Franklin County on March 12.<\/p>\n \u201cPfc. Lopez made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation as a member of the U.S. Army Reserves and the 947th Quartermaster Company, serving as a 31B military police officer with the LEAD Directorate of Emergency Services Law Enforcement Division,\u201d Governor Shapiro\u2019s office wrote.<\/p>\n Close<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks for signing up!<\/p>\n Watch for us in your inbox.<\/p>\n Subscribe Now<\/p>\n Letterkenny reported that Lopez was a member of the Personnel Force Innovation (PFI) assigned to the 947th Quartermaster Company, a tenant unit based at the depot. Dickinson College in Carlisle confirmed that Lopez was a campus public safety officer.<\/p>\n The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division is currently investigating the incident.<\/p>\n This marks the second occurrence where Pennsylvania flags were ordered to be at half-staff this week, as Governor Shapiro ordered the flags to be at half-staff<\/a> on March 9 after Corporal Timothy J. O\u2019Connor Jr., a Pennsylvania State Police Corporal from the Lancaster Barracks, was shot and killed in the line of duty at a traffic stop in Chester County on March 8.<\/a><\/p>\n Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n