Father Of Fallen Police Officer Testifies In Son's Murder Trial

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A Philadelphia jury has now heard tearful testimony from a heartbroken, devastated father of the victim in the penalty phase of the trial for Rasheed Scruggs, who admitted killing police officer John Pawlowski in February of last year. The prosecution is seeking the death penalty.

John Pawlowski detailed the night his son and namesake -- a hero -- died. He has testified there was a call from another son, Robert, a police Corporal, who was screaming. Then a marked police car picked him up and took him to the hospital.

When he arrived at the hospital, officer John Pawlowski was dead and the father says he hugged and kissed his lifeless son and he cried. And he says there have been tears,  grief and anger ever since -- an instant, that made a wife and expectant mother a widow.

When John Pawlowski completed his testimony -- a so-called victim impact statement -- he returned to his seat next to his son's widow, Kim, who cried, sobbing during most of his testimony, and she put her head on his shoulder.

Reported by Tony Hanson, KYW Newsradio