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Philadelphia police officer dies from injuries in shooting, another officer injured
A 10-year veteran was shot three times while responding to a gun call, and police say a suspect is in custody.
- Two Philadelphia police officers were shot early Saturday while responding to a report of an armed man on the 100 block of North 52nd Street in West Philadelphia, with both 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 came under heavy gunfire upon approaching the property.
- One officer, a 40-year-old father of two, was shot three times; a 33-year-old father of five was shot 12 times, according to Commissioner Kevin Bethel, who confirmed investigators recovered three firearms including one taken from a wounded 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."
- While the suspect remains in custody, officials have not released his name or charges; the investigation continues as authorities process evidence and determine the motive for the shooting.
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Philadelphia Officer Killed, Partner Wounded in Early-Morning Ambush
A Philadelphia police officer was killed and his partner seriously wounded early Saturday after an ambush while responding to a call about a person with a gun; the suspect was later found hiding in a tree before surrendering to SWAT.
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