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Sergeant Sylvia
Young, a 19-year veteran of the department, was shot at least
eight times by an approaching gunman as she sat in her vehicle
late at night, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross
said.
"He just walks up on her ... he just fired. He didn't say
anything," Ross told a news conference, noting that the suspect
fired about 15 rounds into Young's vehicle.
Nearby officers heard the gunshots and began pursuing the
suspect on foot. During the chase, the suspect fired shots into
a tavern, striking a security guard in the leg, Ross said.
He then used a woman from the bar as a shield before shooting
her. He later fired into a car, seriously wounding a man and
woman, he said.
The chase ended when the gunman exchanged gunfire with police in
an alley, wounding a University of Pennsylvania police officer.
The shooter was killed during the gun fight, Ross said.
"We have a lot of unanswered questions...this is a completely
bizarre situation," he said.
The officer shot in the alley was expected to survive and the
conditions of the wounded civilians was not immediately clear.
"Some civilians are not in good shape at all," Ross said.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee Editing by Jeremy
Gaunt)
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