Authorities say a SEPTA police officer is in stable condition after a double shooting lead to a shootout with police at a property in Frankford Wednesday night.
Sergeant Eric Gripp told reporters that officers near the Arrott Transportation Center heard gunshots around 7 p.m. Police found two women, 57 and 42, with gunshot wounds to the hip-area near the intersection of Griscom and Arrott streets. SWAT Officers converged on the property where the suspect was held up.
During the gunfight, SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel told reporters that a Philadelphia police officer became pinned down behind a small wall. Nestel said a SEPTA police officer, who is also a SWAT team member, drew his assault weapon and charged at the gunman providing covering fire to free the trapped officer. A crowd of police officers gathered outside of Temple University Hospital where a SEPTA police officer who was injured in a shootout with a barricaded suspect was brought.
"Police officers do this stuff when their brothers and sisters are in danger. It's what it's what all of us as police leaders almost learn to expect," Nestel said. "But the heroism and courage and valor that these folks exhibit every day is humbling to civilians."Sergeant Eric Gripp said a SEPTA police office was injured in an standoff with a suspect at a home in Frankford.
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