3 SWAT officers shot, injured in Philadelphia; police call level of gun violence 'ridiculous' - ABC News

Three members of a Philadelphia SWAT squad were changeable portion serving a warrant Wednesday morning, according to police, who again pleaded for an extremity to the city's weapon violence.

It appears each the injured officers volition beryllium OK, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said.

This shooting occurred conscionable aft 6 a.m. arsenic SWAT officers tried to service a warrant connected a idiosyncratic who was wanted for an August homicide and was suspected of participating successful aggregate equipped robberies, Philadelphia Police First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford said astatine a quality conference.

Investigators enactment the country wherever aggregate radical were changeable including constabulary officers successful Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 2022.

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As officers approached the door, the 19-year-old fishy changeable astatine them done the doorway and window, Stanford said.

The fishy tried to flee, and erstwhile the SWAT officers followed, the fishy fired astatine them, according to Stanford.

SWAT officers returned occurrence and the fishy was pronounced dormant astatine 7:32 a.m., helium said.

Investigators enactment the country wherever aggregate radical were changeable including constabulary officers erstwhile a SWAT squad attempted to service a homicide warrant successful Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 2022.

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Two of the injured officers are expected to beryllium released from the infirmary aboriginal connected Wednesday, Stanford said. One serviceman was struck successful the leg, 1 successful the hep and the 3rd was deed successful the precocious chest, Stanford said.

"It’s bully to spot them sitting up, talking, and their families astir them," Kenney told reporters.

Stanford called the level of weapon unit successful Philadelphia "ridiculous," adding, "it’s enough."

"There’s not a time that goes by that we don’t either person a kid that is shot, oregon aggregate radical shot, due to the fact that determination are excessively galore radical retired present carrying guns and they don’t person consequences," helium said. “Some radical request to beryllium successful jail."

"This should not beryllium happening -- this is not normal," helium said. "Unfortunately we person travel to judge that this is the mean people of events -- it's not ... it is troubling."

A thoroughfare successful North Philadelphia, wherever 3 SWAT squad members were changeable portion serving a warrant connected Oct. 12, 2022.

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Stanford stressed that Wednesday's suspected gunman was conscionable 19 years old.

"Something has been breached successful this young man's beingness for a agelong time, and it conscionable didn't commencement today," helium said.