Cops: Suspect Says He Shot Officer In Name Of Islam

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia police commissioner Richard Ross says the officer, identified as 33-year-old Jesse Hartnett, was sitting in his patrol car around 11:30 p.m. at 60th and Spruce Streets when a gunman fired nearly a dozen shots through the driver’s side of the car. “Shots fired! I’m shot! I’m bleeding heavily!” Officer Hartnett was heard yelling on police radio. More...

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