The officers were the only ones hurt during the shooting, as bullets grazed the highway patrol officer's forehead and the bomb squad technician's right shoulder.
The officers were the only ones hurt during the shooting, as bullets grazed the highway patrol officer's forehead and the bomb squad technician's right shoulder. The shooting is under investigation by the Philadelphia Police Department, which is still trying to locate a suspect and determine if the officers were deliberately targeted.
"We don't know if this was ricochet from celebratory gunfire [or] whether this was intentional," Outlaw explained, noting that it was unclear how many bullets were fired and those that hit officers could have been strays. No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting as of Tuesday morning.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney pleaded with lawmakers to pass stricter gun control measures in remarks addressing the incident, which came just hours after a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, which "This is a gun country," said Kenney."It's crazy, we're the most armed country in world history and we're one of the least safest.
"This is a gun country. It's crazy. We're the most armed country in world history and we're one of the least safest," Mayor Jim Kenney said after two police officers were shot in the area of the Ben Franklin Parkway during Fourth of July festivities.
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