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Early Saturday in Philadelphia, two police officers were seriously injured when they responded to a report of a man with a gun and were ambushed; one officer was shot three times, while the other sustained 12 gunshot wounds. Commissioner Kevin Bethel announced that the suspect, who fled into an alley after shooting at the officers on a porch, was later found hiding in a tree and arrested by a SWAT team. The suspect was armed with two handguns and a shotgun, one of which belonged to one of the injured officers.
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Two Philadelphia police officers, one aged 40 with two children and another 33 with five children, were shot multiple times while responding to a call about a man with a gun on 52nd Street early Saturday morning. The older officer was hit three times, the younger twelve times. Both are hospitalized after being ambushed when they arrived at the address around 12:20 AM and came under "significant gunfire" on the porch. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel praised the officers' bravery during a news conference. A SWAT team was deployed to locate the suspect, who was later found hiding in a tree nearby.
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Two Philadelphia police officers are in the hospital after being shot early Saturday while responding to a call in the western part of the city.
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One officer, a 40-year-old who has two children, was shot three times, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said during a news conference.
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The other officer, a 33-year-old who has five children, was shot 12 times, Bethel said.
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"I am so damn proud of the men and women who serve in this department.
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Consistently, they go into danger, and they give their lives for this job
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," Bethel told reporters.
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"And so we ask for those prayers, and we ask for you to support our men and women out there, and what they give for this profession.
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Just after 12:20 a.m., the officers were dispatched to 140 North 52nd Street following a report of a man with a gun on a porch, Bethel said.
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About 30 minutes later, the officers arrived at the address and came under "significant gunfire" once they were on the porch.
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Shortly after shots were fired, Bethel said additional officers and a SWAT team found the original responding officers on the porch with gunshot wounds.
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The suspect fired at two additional officers, Bethel said, but the SWAT team was able to locate the man in a tree and take him into custody.
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The officers who were shot were taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center for surgery.
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"We are praying now that our officers make it through this terrible situation," Bethel said.
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The suspect reportedly ambushed the officers by running down an alley and shooting at them, local outlet WPVI reported.
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The suspect, whose name has not yet been released, was found with two handguns and a shotgun, Bethel said.
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One of the handguns belonged to one of the officers who had been shot.
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The Philadelphia Police Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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