PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WJW) – There are multiple reports in Philadelphia that thirty police officers have been injured in riots following a fatal police shooting.
A dozen of those officers required hospitalization for their injuries, according to local reporters.
Thirty people have been detained for the violence, according to WPVI.
Police responded to a domestic call just before 4 p.m. Monday. Video shows officers with guns drawn in a neighborhood.
Initial reports said Walter Wallace was armed with a knife and refused calls to drop the weapon.
You can hear officers yelling, “Put the knife down,” multiple times.
Video shows officers shoot him multiple times. Wallace was pronounced dead at the scene.
A statement released from the mayor and police commissioner says... (Read more)
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