Independence Day Shooting Incident Again... Two Philadelphia Police Officers Shot
[Asia Economy Reporter Jeon Jin-young] There have been consecutive shooting incidents during the US Independence Day celebrations.
According to foreign media on the 4th (local time), a shooting occurred near the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that night.
Two police officers were shot, sustaining injuries to the head and right shoulder respectively, and were treated at a nearby hospital. Their lives are not in danger.
The crowd gathered to watch the fireworks at the scene was also urgently evacuated. A citizen told a local broadcaster, "The police shouted, 'Run, run.'"
The police are currently identifying the shooter.
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On the same day, in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, an automatic rifle shooting targeting the Independence Day parade resulted in 6 deaths and over 30 injuries.
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