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Posted by: Rusica Viorica

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05 July 2022 / 10:47

The second armed attack on Independence Day in the United States. Two Philadelphia cops shot

Two police officers from Philadelphia, USA, were shot on the evening of July 4, in a second armed attack on Independence Day, a few hours after a young man shot six people in a Chicago suburb and injured several others.

Hundreds of people are seen fleeing Benjamin Franklin Parkway after gunfire erupted in the area. Gunfire was reported near the Philadelphia Museum of Art on the last day of a festival with a large number of people watching a fireworks display after a concert.

"There is a security incident on Benjamin Franklin Parkway," authorities said, referring to gunfire.

Police asked people in the surrounding buildings to take shelter.

Two Philadelphia police officers have been shot, but both have already been discharged from hospital after suffering non-life-threatening injuries, City Mayor Jim Kenney said.

A 22-year-old man named Robert E. Crimo III has been identified by police as the suspect who opened fire in a Chicago suburb at the Independence Day parade.

Subsequently, the suspect was found in traffic behind the wheel of a Honda vehicle.

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