{"id":99200,"date":"2026-01-28T22:36:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99200\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:36:43","slug":"erie-police-officer-under-investigation-for-social-media-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/99200\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie police officer under investigation for social media comment"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Erie police officer is under internal investigation after being accused of posting a Facebook comment that appeared to condone shooting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the head.\n<\/p>\n

The Erie Police Department said it started investigating the officer \u2014 identified as Haili Shimko by spokesperson Amber Luttrell \u2014 on Sunday, according to a social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The department acknowledged the investigation in response to a post by the X account Libs of TikTok<\/a>, a right-wing political commentator with 4.6 million followers.\n<\/p>\n

In its post, Libs of TikTok shared a screenshot of the alleged comment from the officer, which stated, \u201cthey wear armor so headshots would work better.\u201d That comment was allegedly referring to ICE agents being shot, Libs of TikTok said in its post.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmployee use of social media and public commentary is governed by policy and directives,\u201d Erie police officials wrote in their response to the Libs of TikTok post. \u201cStaff are expected to comply with police department directives and town social media policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Daily Camera could not independently verify the post that the officer allegedly commented on.<\/p>\n

Erie police officials declined to share more information in their response while the investigation is ongoing.\n<\/p>\n

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