2 Philadelphia Police Officers Shot, Suspect in Custody
Officials said the officers were treated for gunshot wounds and the suspect was believed to be in custody as the neighborhood was locked down.
- Two Philadelphia police officers were shot early Saturday while responding to a call on the 100 block of North 52nd Street in West Philadelphia and were rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
- Police were dispatched shortly after 12:20 a.m. for a report of a man with a gun on a porch; officers arrived around 30 minutes later and encountered heavy gunfire upon approaching.
- Commissioner Kevin Bethel stated one officer, a 40-year-old father of two, was shot three times, while a 33-year-old father of five was shot 12 times; investigators recovered three guns, including one taken from an officer.
- After a neighborhood lockdown, police pulled the suspect from a tree and arrested him, prompting Mayor Cherelle Parker to say, "I see mothers and fathers sons and daughters, brothers and sisters."
- The suspect remains in custody, though officials have not released his name or disclosed a motive for the shooting as the investigation remains active.
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