Daily News | Philly police are searching for ‘a clear picture’ of what happened at July 4 shooting on the Parkway
On Tuesday morning, the Parkway was littered with things people had left behind: shoes, baby strollers, star-spangled hats. Overturned metal barricades lay on their sides, and folding chairs sat on the pavement, some overturned., when gunmen killed three people and wounded 11 — and during another deadly year in the city, with year-to-date homicides nearly matching last year’s record-setting pace.
Mayor Jim Kenney had also expressed frustration at a 12:20 a.m. news conference after the shooting — indicating that he looked forward to not being mayor anymore because he was constantly worried about something bad happening at big events in the city.for those comments and released a statement apologizing, saying he cared deeply about Philadelphians and their safety.
“I honestly didn’t know I was shot at first,” Diggs said in a telephone interview. “It felt like I got hit in the head with a blunt object.” Police on the scene took cover and told revelers to get down, and soon an order was issued to evacuate the Parkway, according to Outlaw’s internal email. Bystanders recounted police officers telling them to leave because there was a shooter.
Both officers suffered graze wounds: Diggs to the forehead and Foster to the shoulder. Foster, 44, has been assigned to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad for three years and is often dispatched to surrounding counties to help boost patrols during large events, according to spokesperson Oscar Gamble.
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