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Amid standoff, authorities in Philadelphia are trying to communicate with a shooter who has fired at police, wounding at least six officers.

Philadelphia police stage as they respond to an active shooting situation, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in the Nicetown neighborhood of Philadelphia.

Sgt. Eric Gripp also tweeted Wednesday that additional officers are receiving treatment for injuries that aren’t from gunshots.He also said officers were serving a warrant to a home in the northern Philadelphia neighborhood before shots were fired. He also said that the suspect is still firing and warned people to stay out of the Nicetown neighborhood.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says numerous agents are responding to the scene to assist Philadelphia police.Authorities say several Philadelphia police officers have been shot in an “active and ongoing” shooting situation in the city. One officer appeared injured and was taken away in a police car. Video also showed two other officers carrying a man and putting them in the back of a car.

A police spokesman confirmed the shooting in the Nicetown section of the city but offered no other information.

 

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Groundhog Day in America

theschnittshow Drug dealers are such cowards.

And people wonder why police shooting happens. This is it, when you have ~400 million civilian guns in a ~330 million people, police have to consider everybody armed and dangerous until proven otherwise.

What about Facebook?

Storm the building

‘Trying to talk’? He must be white...

Another law-abiding citizen availing himself of his second amentment rights.

War, but we don't know it... being slaughtered and we stand down as trained for overthrow, MEXICO, VIA CHINA, VIA VATICAN... THE ENEMY BEHIND ALL ENEMIES, THE SECRET PAGAN PRIESTHOOD OF ROME, 'THE FALSE PROPHET'...

I get that they want him to surrender, but how many cops have to be shot before they stop communicating and go in there whatever way they need to.

Send in the FBI! Been going on for way too long now.

Remember the parking garage dude? They had to send an exploding robot in.

Time to fire bomb that block. Old school Philadelphia. Romana Africa style.

Another day in the hood

Praying all are OK.

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