October 31, 2007
Police Shooting In West Oak Lane
Hey, not fun news update: A second cop has been shot in Philadelphia for the second time in the past day; he was shot in the head at Dunkin' Donuts in West Oak Lane. If you can get to a TV, the coverage is weird and surreal; going from, say, Guiding Light to coverage of a cop being shot, then back to the soap opera. This shooting was near a plaque dedication of fallen officers, which had to be postponed. (Update: Clarified that previous sentence.) That means there were a lot of officers nearby, and they're chasing after the suspect. The officer shot in the head is in critical condition.
NBC 10 is going from the morning news magazine show with everyone dressed up in Halloween costumes to the coverage. Meanwhile, last night a police officer responded to a shooting at 15th and Sansom -- hey, right outside the PW offices -- and was shot at 22nd and Sansom in the shoulder. He's going to be okay, reports say.
The suspect in the shooting last night at 9 apparently dove into the Schuylkill and died.
Philadelphia Police Officer Shot In Head [NBC 10]
Cop wounded by suspect in shooting of 3 [Inquirer]
Posted by D-Mac on October 31, 2007 11:26 AM
Posted to Breaking News
, Gun Violence
, Philly PD
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Philly criminals are so brazen that they'll shoot into a crowd of officers. Great.
Posted by: Nicki at October 31, 2007 01:02 PM
grew up in southwest phila. the city is truely lost until we start to crack some heads and put the fear back into these scumbags. the black parents also need to get thier heads out of thier asses and start cracking down on thier kids. enough of this bullshit.
Posted by: Anonymous at November 1, 2007 09:39 AM
So, what, there were a bunch of cops at a dedication and some dude just walked up and shot one? Or was he trying to knock over the DD?
WTF's wrong with these people?
Posted by: Anonymous at October 31, 2007 12:56 PM