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Two Philadelphia Delphia Police Thousands of people celebrated the July 4 concert and fireworks show, and police were shot late Monday near Benjamin Franklin Parkway as crowds were panicked when the bullets were fired. I did.
The shooting was a July 4 parade in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago, where rooftop gunners fired at flag-waving families and children riding bicycles. It took place hours after 6 people were killed and more than 36 were injured. ..
Both Philadelphia officers were released from the hospital after suffering life-threatening injuries, said Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenny. The police were looking for a shooter.
The incident video showed hundreds of people running from Benjamin Franklin Parkway after the ammunition was fired.
Kenny said his administration was "appealing to lawmakers" to stop "the influx of guns into our city."
"Our tradition has not been and will not be ruined by the tragedy of gun violence," he added.
On the final day of the festival, where many people are watching the fireworks show after the concert, a shooting took place late Monday near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
"There is a security incident at Benjamin Franklin Parkway," emergency officials said, referring to the shooting.
Police have instructed people in surrounding buildings to evacuate to their designated locations.
"I couldn't hear the shot, but the policeman was like" running, running, running, "a woman told NBC affiliates.
According to NBC10, one policeman had a scratch on his head and another had a gunshot wound on his right shoulder.
(Report by Kanisha Singh, Washington, edited by Kim Coghill and Raju Gopalakrishnan)
