{"id":138319,"date":"2026-03-14T15:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/138319\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T15:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T15:57:07","slug":"gov-shapiro-orders-pennsylvania-flags-at-half-staff-for-pfc-krystofer-lee-lopez-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/138319\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Shapiro orders Pennsylvania flags at half-staff for Pfc. Krystofer Lee Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Gov. Josh Shapiro on Saturday ordered Commonwealth flags on all state facilities, public buildings and grounds across Pennsylvania to remain at half-staff in honor of Pfc. Krystofer Lee Lopez, who died during a training incident earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shapiro said the order recognizes Lopez\u2019s service and sacrifice after the 18-year-old soldier died March 12 during a training exercise at Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cPfc. Lopez made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Hguj5FeuP\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shapiro said in a statement on Facebook.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Shapiro said in a statement on Facebook.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Shapiro said in a statement on Facebook.<\/a> He added that he and first lady Lori Shapiro are praying for Lopez\u2019s loved ones and the U.S. Army Reserve community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lopez, of Biglerville in Adams County, served as a military police officer with the LEAD Directorate of Emergency Services Law Enforcement Division. He was a member of the U.S. Army Reserves and assigned to the 947th Quartermaster Company at Letterkenny Army Depot.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to depot officials, Lopez was injured during a training exercise Thursday morning and was taken to WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, where he later died. The incident remains under investigation by the Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In recognition of his service, Lopez was posthumously promoted to the rank of specialist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Josh Shapiro on Saturday ordered Commonwealth flags on all state facilities, public buildings and grounds across Pennsylvania&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[33,63578,63577,568,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-138319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-josh-shapiro","tag-krystofer-lee-lopez","tag-letterkenny-army-depot","tag-lori-shapiro","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}