South Florida woman takes last known photo with officer killed in London attack

Staci Martin poses with Keith Palmer shortly before he was fatally stabbed

Staci Martin poses for a photograph with Keith Palmer while visiting Parliament. Less than an hour after this photo was taken, Palmer was killed.

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. – A South Florida woman posed for what is believed to be the last photograph of a London police officer before he was killed in a terror attack outside Parliament.

Wellington resident Staci Martin was vacationing with her family in London during Wednesday's attack, which killed four people and the assailant.

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Martin said on Facebook that she was walking past Parliament at 1:52 p.m. when she saw a police officer standing outside.

"I liked his funny hat so I asked him if he would take a picture with me," she wrote. "He obliged. He was very polite."

Less than an hour later, he was dead.

A man, identified by police as Khalid Masood, drove his car into crowds on Westminster Bridge before fatally stabbing a police officer on Parliament grounds. Masood was shot dead by police.

The officer killed was identified as Keith Palmer, who had posed for a photo with Martin shortly before the attack.

An American man from Utah, a British retiree and a British school administrator were also killed on the bridge.

More than 50 people of a dozen nationalities were wounded in the attack, 31 of whom required hospital treatment.

Martin and her family were not hurt.


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