Two police officers shot in Philadelphia

  17 September 2016    Read: 1146
Two police officers shot in Philadelphia
At least two police officers, a female sergeant and a male officer, were shot on Friday night in West Philadelphia.
According to the CBS Philly broadcaster, the incident took place near the Sansom street at around 11:20 p.m. local time (3:20 GMT). The police officers have been taken to a hospital and are in stable condition, the broadcaster reported, citing the police.

Conflicting reports emerged over the destiny of a suspect. According to the NBC broadcaster, the suspect also injured four civilians, and later was shot dead by the police. Some other media reports say that the suspect has been detained. No details over the the circumstances of the shooting have been provided yet.

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