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DEA Agent Shot in Philadelphia
WPVI-TV ^
| 11-04-2003
Posted on 11/04/2003 12:31:05 PM PST by baseballmom
No link, Live coverage on Channel 6, WPVI=TV
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: dea; drugs; leo; phildelphia; wodlist
DEA Agent shot twice, graze wound on head, shoulder wound.
Suspect dead. May be self inflicted gun shot wound, according to Police Commissioner Johnson.
To: baseballmom
According to WPVI, Agent was working drug ring bust in conjuction with Phil.PD.
Agent at Thomas Jefferson Hospital, in fair condition.
To: baseballmom; Mo1
I wonder if there could be any connection to the election being held today.
To: baseballmom
NBC 10 is covering it now .. the DEA agent is ok and the suspect is dead
http://www.nbc10.com/news/2610701/detail.html DEA Officer Shot At Penn's Landing
Shooter Hid Under Pier
POSTED: 3:02 p.m. EST November 4, 2003
UPDATED: 3:23 p.m. EST November 4, 2003
A 50-year-old law-enforcement officer was shot Tuesday afternoon near two popular entertainment centers at Penn's Landing.
A suspect has been arrested and may be wounded and still at the shooting scene. The officer has been transported to Jefferson Hospital and is stable condition.
Traffic is currently shut down at Columbus Boulevard for five blocks near the shooting scene.
Police surrounded the area around 3 p.m. while the alleged shooter was still on the loose and firing at officers.
Police also surrounded Rock Lobster, a popular restaurant, and were seen en masse at Dave and Busters, an entertainment complex.
The shooting site was near Vine Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
More than 100 officers swarmed the area, including FBI agents.
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posted on
11/04/2003 12:34:24 PM PST
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: baseballmom
Free men have no dog in this fight
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posted on
11/04/2003 12:35:01 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
("A republic, if you can keep it.")
To: baseballmom; Admin Moderator
To: aristeides
Naaaa ... just a normal drug sell gone bad ..
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posted on
11/04/2003 12:36:26 PM PST
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: Mo1
The primal howls one heard throughout the Philadelphia area ceased, since Channel 6 returned to General Hospital, already in progress. :-)
To: baseballmom
Don't mess with a DEA agent!
To: *Wod_list; jmc813
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posted on
11/04/2003 1:02:16 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: princess leah
Don't mess with a DEA agent!The suspect shot himself; the agent's only contribution was to bleed.
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posted on
11/04/2003 1:04:13 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
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posted on
11/04/2003 8:29:09 PM PST
by
jmc813
(Michael Schiavo is a bigger scumbag than Bill Clinton)
To: MrLeRoy
And be a party to further erosion of the Constitution.
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posted on
11/04/2003 8:31:09 PM PST
by
Sir Gawain
(The Crusades never ended. Too bad only one side realizes that.)
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