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Thank you for posting this RDTF.
Philly just passed their 300th murder this year.
I will pray for the officer, his shift mates and his family.

Let’s check for updates.

http://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/1357307/

9/24/2007

“Rookie Phila. officer shot in face during traffic stop”
By Barbara Boyer, Larry Eichel and Andrew Maykuth
The Philadelphia Inquirer

PHILADELPHIA

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Decoatsworth underwent surgery into the afternoon, authorities said. He was shot on the left side with severe injuries to the jawbone and tongue. The injuries were not life-threatening, and his vision was not believed to be impaired.

Jeffery Dansette, 24, of Port Richmond, said he was just arriving in the area to work on a sewer project when he saw the officer get out of his patrol car and walk over to an old, beat-up vehicle. Police said the car was a blue Buick.

At that point, Dansette said, three young men wearing what appeared to be school uniforms and carrying school bags got out of the car and started walked down the street. The driver of the car, who was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, got out and fired two shots at the officer.

The young men then ran south toward Market Street while the officer chased the shooter north toward Race, out of Dansette’s views.

“After that I hear four more shots,” Dansette said. “I’m not sure who fired them.”

Decoatsworth was found collapsed on the 100 block of Paxon Street. A police officer rushed him to the hospital in his patrol car.”