Police say an officer assigned to the Montgomery County bomb squad was shot in the right shoulder. Another officer assigned to highway patrol suffered a graze wound to the head.
Both officers were transported to Jefferson Hospital and were placed in stable condition, according to police. There is now a heavy police presence at the hospital. BREAKING: All available police units in Center City Philadelphia ordered to direct all traffic away from Art Museum/Ben Franklin Parkway area after reports of shootings sent Fourth of July crowds fleeing from the area. Police actively searching for possible shooter
So there are people who believe by taking the rights away from 99% of non criminal gun owners. Violent crimes & actions taken by 1% of gun owners will change in anyway? How about harsher punishments based on the heinousness of a criminals actions. Not the tool used!
TheDemocrats have ran Philadelphia since the 50's, and yet CBS or any other media outlet in that fuckhole of a city can't bother to ask the mayor about it.
Many Americans died from domestic terrorists than foreign terrorist…hard facts.
Maybe lock up the criminals and enforce laws FFS. Philly is a hell hole. Get out now.
I am sure released criminals, defunding Police, reduce/no bail, weak DA and Mayor had nothing to do with crimes. Just Guns. China approves of his actions.
Isn't mass shooting illegal there? If not, why haven't they passed that as a law yet? nra MattWalshBlog
50 years of leftist policies are to blame
Ya know the nazis took the guns away.
Liberal “leadership” is failing, hard working American citizens, especially in Philadelphia.
It has nothing to do with guns, it's people, period!
No sign of strength be a man mayor !!! 🤦🏽♂️
Least safest places…democrat cities. Philly Chicago Baltimore NYC
Enforce the laws on the books. The vast majority of violent crime is committed by a small handful of repeat offenders.
When the Covid panic struck in early 2020, one of Jim Kenney's first actions was to... release hundreds of criminals onto the streets. He and Larry Krasner are every criminal's best friend.
How many countries have not be invaded by a foreign aggressor? Wonder why?
Is There Any City Or State Under Democrat Rule Worth A Damn I Think Not......
Lmao like anyone is going to listen to you. Sure give up everything you own and let the government decide what’s good for you
We are only the “least safest” in places run by democrats. Here in Trump country everyone has guns, yet there is peace and quiet, everyone gets along 🥲
America is not especially dangerous compared to the rest of the world, LMAO. We are not even in the top 70 and a lot of these countries are lying about their numbers. Also, America is the size of Europe. There are huge areas that are safer than most European countries.
Enforce the laws we have and get an AG who does something.
13% of the population commits over 50% of the murders. As long as that 13 % exists in this country violent crime will 100% only increase. If you want the guns come and get them.
So why don’t you leave now? By your own admission you are impotent to stop crime! Leave!
Disarm the criminals as a trial run and lets see how that works out.
Right that's why civilian gun ban countries like Mexico and Brazil are so safe
Only police? What about criminals? Do you honestly think they’re going to hand over their guns at your request? Please, let’s not be naive and ignorant. We need to stop pushing mental illness under the carpet.
It is your fault, responsible gun owners. Disarm yourselves now because weak politicians like this have no interest in tackling tough issues with actual solutions. Pay no attention to their policies, just 'guns'.
Philly is a shithole
I don’t know why this stuff keeps happening in Philadelphia. The Frank Rizzo statue was removed and we took the lady off the syringe bottle.
ANY WORD ON HOW DEMOCRAT DOMINATION OF PHILLY LEADERSHIP SINCE THE 1950s HAS TURNED OUT?
Your the problem .liberals
That’s cuz gangsters don’t need gun permits they’re walking around with illegal guns
Aren’t you the mayor? And a Democrat? Isn’t the DA also a Democrat?
Democrat run blue bastion for decades. You own it. DemocratsAreADisaster
All authoritarian tyrants are terrified of an armed populace and they will enable crime to flourish in their communities to justify their authoritarian ideology
The murder rate in Philadelphia has doubled since this guy took over, what has changed
What political party runs all these violent crime cities?
Democrats have run Philly forever. Yet you never blame yourselves, you just expect to be reelected all the time despite your ineptness. You don't want an end to violence, you just want to complain so you can virtue signal.
Which party has run Philfadelphia since the 50’s 🤡🤡🤡😿😿😿😿
It’s your city, Mayor. Clean it up. Stop blaming. Where I live, just about everyone is armed. Yet, we haven’t had a single shooting in our County in over a decade. It’s not the guns, it’s the people. 🇺🇸
What’s crazy is that criminal politicians like yourselves refuse to enforce gun laws and prosecute offenders. Blame yourselves, not guns. Only a politician can be that inept at their jobs and keep them.
Democratic run Philly for 70 years.
This ideiot wants to defund LEO’s, and take guns from law abiding citizens. He will only succeed in making more victims. Be Like NH, ME and VT, constitutional carry. BTW they are three of the 5 afest states in the nation (Just saying)
Democrats prefer to keep guns out of the hands of civilians.
Least safest? Go to any county outside of Philadelphia county and you'll immediately be 10x safer.
Yea, the “locals” aren’t violent. The guns are 🙄
His peeps have had uncontested control of Philly since the 1950s.
Wrong. Philly and other DEMOCRAT run cities are violent. Not the rest of America.
Democrat Mayor. Democrat DA. Mostly Democrat city council. City full of Democrat voters. 'It's the guns fault.' Alternatively, maybe it's your crappy policies and your DA's inability to do his job?
That’s what happens when Democrats run your city for 70 yrs
The US ranks 10th in overall gun related deaths at 12.21 per 100k. Suicides account for 7.1. That gives us a gun homicide rate of 5.11 per 100k. Mexico is 10th on the list of gun homicides at 16.41. The fear mongering needs to stop.
But defund the police.
Take philly, New York and Chicago do LA also out of the stats , suddenly the USA does not rank so high in murders and shootings
It’s time for a new mayor
A master class in accountability...
That’s Leadership? Do Nothing and Hope Nothing Happens
Then resign already so we can have actual leadership
Worst mayor ever
Imagine how we feel!
I don’t think this will be printed in any future leadership books… 🤪
Dudes a pussy instead of trying to prevent crime he just hides and hopes it doesn’t happen seems effective to me
Not one word about a suspect a motive or what actually happened what is the media trying cto hide
Mark my words, tomorrow morning Kenney will either apologize or resign. Philly doesn’t tolerate disrespect 🤷🏾♂️
Not the guns fault… he has a father
So uh, gtfo then bro
JimFKenney you over crying like a hoe but the city has gotten WORST under YOUR watch! Help the citizens out by getting some money and resources to the citizens! This is the POOREST MAJOR CITY IN THE COUNTRY! UNDER YOUR WATCH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THAT?!
What about the rest of us? PhillyMayor
Histrionics
EXCUSE ME SIR!!!
Readers4Pete It's supposed to be Independence Day. Independence from what? We are all prisoners of a gun culture. We are sitting ducks every damn day. We live in a shooting gallery. 🤬
Gun violence in Philly is a symptom of 50 years of poor leadership that doesn’t help the city or its residents. Kenney is just the latest in long line of stooges.
My dog would be a better mayor because at least she picks up trash and likes going to the office.
How much yall wanna bet he took the Soros money krasner got. This isn't the Same guy we saw when he first took office.
Resign PhillyMayor
Hey mayor drunky we left Philly for a conservative area where everyone has guns. Lots of guns. It’s so peaceful we don’t need a police department. Unlike Philly, we haven’t had a shooting in over a decade🤔
Probably can’t away saying this shit out loud when you’re the mayor of a big city, but I can empathize with being exasperated by current events in this country. It’s a shit show, and I just want to check out.
Mayor Kenny.. Please leave philly doesn't want you here
Crazy how all the cities seem to have a commonality
RECALL KENNEY NOW!!!!!
Facts.
If anyone watched this press conference just now and can honestly say that EVERY media outlet shouldn’t call for his resignation today, please tell me. This man shouldn’t be paid ONE more dollar by Philadelphia.
Resign PhillyMayor. Why wait
“Least safest” that’s your democratic mayor for you
Yet its only recently been this bad. Call out the judges and the philadao or stop wasting your time
UPDATE: Both officers shot have been released.
Such a tragedy!😞🙏
Welcome to Philly. I feel so bad for the policemen and those who visited and had to witness this crap. It should not have happened!
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