A Philadelphia highway patrol officer suffered a graze wound to the head and an officer assigned to the Montgomery County bomb squad were hit by gunfire on the Fourth of July in Philadelphia. - Dreamstime/TNS
PHILADELPHIA — Two police officers were shot Monday night during a Fourth of July celebration near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, law enforcement sources said. A Philadelphia highway patrol officer suffered a graze wound to the head, and an officer assigned to the Montgomery County bomb squad was struck in the right shoulder, said the sources, who were not authorized to discuss a developing situation. Both were taken to Jefferson University Hospital and placed in stable condition, sources said. Additional details about what happened were not immediately available. ———
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