2 officers shot at Philadelphia fireworks

[redheadbaker]

www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/police-respond-to-reports-of-officers-shot-near-parkway-concert/3290066/%3famp

Police were responding to reports of two fellow officers reportedly being shot near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as thousands of people celebrated a 4th of July concert and fireworks show.

One officers sustained a graze wound to the head and the other a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, sources told NBC10's Rosemary Connors. Both were in stable condition at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, the sources said.

The gunfire broke out around 9:47 p.m. near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

[joy]

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I live right there. We watched the fireworks from our roof deck. There was a police helicopter with a huge spotlight on for the entire fireworks. I told my husband it was distracting. Now we know why.

We opted not to go down on the grass to watch but I did take my kid down there about an hour before to get a glow wand. That area (behind the stage/concert) was full of kids and families. I’ve watched from there in years past.

I don’t know what else to say right now. My kid is sleeping to sound of helicopters flying incessantly tonight and I’m sad that tensions are only increasing among everyone.

[erbear]

This breaks my heart. This is my city. We can’t even go downtown for fireworks anymore? Fuck.

[meganew]

My aunt and uncle are in visiting from California and they were so excited to see the fireworks- we’ve always gone down to the parkway to watch- but H was pretty against it this year, and then Chicago happened and that was the deciding factor. We watched from my cousins roof instead, thankfully. We were at Cira Green during the day and even that took some convincing to get H to go. I wish I could tell him that he was being too cautious but honestly any crowd feels like you’re taking a chance now. It’s horrible.

[af1212]

Jul 5, 2022 8:47:06 GMT -5 meganew said:

My aunt and uncle are in visiting from California and they were so excited to see the fireworks- we’ve always gone down to the parkway to watch- but H was pretty against it this year, and then Chicago happened and that was the deciding factor. We watched from my cousins roof instead, thankfully. We were at Cira Green during the day and even that took some convincing to get H to go. I wish I could tell him that he was being too cautious but honestly any crowd feels like you’re taking a chance now. It’s horrible.

We were going to go to the fireworks as well last night but after Chicago happened coupled with some other things we decided against it. I struggle to convince myself to go to anything with a crowd these days. I hate living like this.

I know it’s anxiety-related and I try to talk myself through the steps of CBT but I always get hung up on the evidence piece. There is evidence that my thoughts are not unfounded 😩

[Vespasia]

Reminder to tag @ content af1212 & joy

[redheadbaker]

Jul 5, 2022 8:47:06 GMT -5 meganew said:

I wish I could tell him that he was being too cautious but honestly any crowd feels like you’re taking a chance now. It’s horrible.

I feel the same way 😥

[joy]

Jul 5, 2022 9:18:39 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Reminder to tag @ content af1212 & joy

Apologies! Thank you for the reminder.

[af1212]

Jul 5, 2022 9:18:39 GMT -5 Vespasia said:

Reminder to tag @ content af1212 & joy

Thank you! So sorry.