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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — It was real-life panic successful Philadelphia. A antheral is accused of going connected a deadly transgression spree Monday, sidesplitting a co-worker and shooting 2 constabulary officers earlier helium was yet stopped.
That deadly shooting wrong Jefferson University Hospital ended successful Parkside adjacent the School of The Future. There were much than 80 grounds markers connected the crushed aft a weapon conflict betwixt the shooter and police.
A detective holds what’s presumed to beryllium the suspect’s firearm utilized during this morning’s shooting https://t.co/hOTWj52Crm
📸 @phillyshooter pic.twitter.com/X3XhUs1Fer
— Matt Petrillo (@MattPetrillo) October 4, 2021
One of the officers has been released from the infirmary portion the different remains astatine Penn Presbyterian Medical Center arsenic constabulary effort to marque consciousness of it all. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney visited the officers earlier Monday morning.
Police rushed to Jefferson University Hospital astatine 11th and Chestnut Streets successful Center City wherever a constabulary root says 55-year-old Stacey Hayes was wearing scrubs and walked in, went up to the ninth level and changeable a 42-year-old nursing adjunct and killed him. The shooting occurred conscionable aft midnight Monday.
“There was a antheral successful scrubs with a limb oregon a agelong weapon who was firing, perchance firing rounds successful the air,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.
Police accidental the fishy worked astatine the infirmary arsenic a nursing assistant, but it’s inactive chartless however the 2 knew each other.
The fishy was wearing assemblage armor and equipped with aggregate weapons, including an AR-15, according to officials.
Chesley Lightsey, with the District Attorney’s Office, says the suspect’s motive is unknown, but the preliminary probe leads them to judge the 2 were friends and the unfortunate was targeted.
“It is beauteous wide arsenic it relates to the execution that happened of a 42-year-old, wholly guiltless victim, successful Jefferson Hospital that the 2 radical knew each different and aboriginal indications are that they were really friends,” Lightsey said. “We don’t cognize what the information was that caused our fishy to spell successful and execution the person. But helium was clearly, based connected everything I know, targeting this individual.”
The @philadao’s Chesley Lightsey says authorities are inactive investigating a motive successful transportation to this morning’s shootings that killed a infirmary idiosyncratic and injured 2 officers https://t.co/hOTWj52Crm pic.twitter.com/GXnchvVIt7
— Matt Petrillo (@MattPetrillo) October 4, 2021
Just aft the shooting, officers accidental the fishy drove disconnected successful a U-Haul truck. Police were past called to Parkside successful West Philadelphia, wherever they recovered a antheral waving a ample gun.
That’s erstwhile a shootout happened betwixt the gunman and constabulary successful a wooded country adjacent School of The Future connected the 4000 artifact of Parkside Avenue.
Police changeable the antheral doubly but not earlier helium injured 2 officers.
“The archetypal serviceman is simply a 30-year-old who was struck successful the close elbow. He’s successful captious but unchangeable condition. The 2nd serviceman is simply a 32-year-old who was struck successful the nose, who is successful unchangeable condition,” Outlaw said.
Police accidental the fishy is present successful captious information but expected to survive.
“The offender struck by the officers was struck successful the precocious assemblage and successful the neck. We learned that helium was wearing assemblage armor and was carrying aggregate weapons successful summation to the agelong weapon which was believed to beryllium an AR-15 and was besides carrying immoderate signifier of a handgun,” Outlaw said.
The national that represents Philadelphia constabulary is asking radical to commune for the officers progressive successful the shooting.
@FOPLodge5 @john_mcnesby pic.twitter.com/XmyigTthga
— FOPLodge5 (@FOPLodge5) October 4, 2021
Outlaw gave her condolences to the victim’s household and acknowledged the officers progressive successful the incident.
“Early this morning, different progressive shooter took a person’s beingness successful our city,” Outlaw tweeted. “My thoughts are with the household of the victim, and our 4 courageous @PPD16Dist officers – 2 of whom were changeable and wounded portion apprehending the suspect. Their selflessness and bravery saved lives.”
Early this morning, different progressive shooter took a person's beingness successful our city. My thoughts are with the household of the victim, and our 4 courageous @PPD16Dist officers – 2 of whom were changeable and wounded portion apprehending the suspect. Their selflessness and bravery saved lives. pic.twitter.com/IbWH1h5dP1
— Danielle M. Outlaw (@PPDCommish) October 4, 2021
Meanwhile, School of The Future was closed Monday owed to the extended constabulary enactment successful the area, and students were moved to virtual instruction.
Kenney is again calling for stricter weapon laws pursuing the fatal shooting astatine Jefferson Hospital.
“This is yet different illustration of weaponry that is acold excessively almighty being successful the hands of radical who shouldn’t person entree to them. We request common-sense weapon laws to halt these tragedies that person go each excessively frequent,” Kenney tweeted.
The Philly Mayor is again calling for tougher weapon laws aft a gunman contiguous killed a infirmary idiosyncratic and aboriginal injured 2 officers https://t.co/hOTWj52Crm https://t.co/yFfxFFqOO8
— Matt Petrillo (@MattPetrillo) October 4, 2021
For a database of weapon unit resources successful Philadelphia, click here.
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CBS3’s Matt Petrillo contributed to this report.
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