PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A wild chase and shootout through the streets of Philadelphia left two police officers and three civilians wounded and a woman and the suspect fatally shot.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Sgt. Sylvia Young was ambushed late Friday night and shot a number of times in the arm and protective vest. He said Ed Miller, a former police officer who is now a member of the police force at the University of Pennsylvania, was also wounded. Both were in stable condition early Saturday at Penn Presbyterian Hospital.
One of the three civilians who were wounded was in critical condition, police said.
The suspect was cornered in an alley and fatally shot by police, the commissioner said.
Young, a 19-year police veteran, was sitting in her vehicle at about 11:20 p.m. when she was ambushed by the suspect, who fired numerous shots, Ross said. Young was struck up to eight times, multiple times in her protective vest and left arm.
The suspect fled, Ross said, and shot into a nearby bar, striking a security guard in the leg. The man then grabbed a woman and used her as a shield before shooting her in the leg.
Moments later, as police gave chase, the suspect shot into a car, striking a man and a woman in the chest. Police said the woman died and the man was in critical condition.
Ross said Miller and two police officers chased the man into an alley, where he was shot and killed.
The identities of the suspect and the others who were injured were not immediately released.
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If enough guns are involved, eventually someone with a gun will kill all the others with guns. So that proves that guns are the answer right?
I mean, besides not having any idea of who will be the last gunnie standing and how many innocents will be shot dead and wounded as the experiment is conducted, this is a flawless plan.
And these cops are voting Trump for more of the same?
Well, it’s good this guy could easily obtain one of the 300,000,000+ guns floating around the good, ole US of A! FREEDUMB!!!
Living in a society that glorifies violence what can we expect? Although there has been a slight up tick here in Philly, we are nowhere where we used to be. What can we expect when mental cases have access to ‘weapons of mass destruction’? It doesn’t matter whether you’re from a white suburb, a rural community, or an urban city. Unstable people getting their hands on guns and ammo will continue to do the damage.
I was up late and wondered why all the sirens were rolling through the neighborhood. This was it. It happened in the neighboring police district, but they tend to lend a hand especially when officer shot comes across the air waves.