We're hearing from one of the officers injured in the Fourth of July shooting on the Parkway. 'I leaned forward and grabbed my head and I noticed the blood starting to trickle out and then it started gushing,' Officer Diggs said. Siafa_Lewis reports
PHILADELPHIA — We’re hearing from one of the officers injured in the Fourth of July shooting that caused chaos on the Ben Franklin Parkway. On Wednesday, Philadelphia Police Officer Sergio Diggs talked about his frightening experience.Ahead of an interview with Eyewitness News, he had a doctor’s appointment for his infant child — that’s less than 48 hours after a bullet could have killed him.“It’s been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster,” Diggs said.
“On my way back from throwing something in the trash, I was hit in the head by something. Something heavy,” Digg said. “I leaned forward and grabbed my head and I noticed the blood starting to trickle out and then it started gushing.” He says another officer put pressure on his head and talked him through it because Diggs thought he was going to pass out from all the blood.“At that point, I still wasn’t sure what struck me until I was shown my hat with the bullet in it,” Diggs said.As for the rest of us, he understands folks’ fear of violence in the city but he added this.
“I’m a glass-half-full kind of guy and I tell people all the time, say a prayer before you leave, be aware of your surroundings and just kind of try pay attention to what’s going on,” Diggs said. “But you gotta live your life.”When asked what Monday says about Philadelphia and our society, Diggs responded that the gun violence, the gun culture and the availability of guns are maddening and that something has to be done about it.
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