Gunman shoots 2 police officers in West Philadelphia

Two Philadelphia police officers were rushed to hospitals Saturday morning after a gunman shot them multiple times, officials said.The shooting happened around 1 a.m. on the 100 block of North 52nd Street in West Philadelphia.Officers received a call for a man armed with a gun on the porch of a home. When officers arrived, they approached and came under heavy gunfire, Commissioner Kevin Bethel said.Mayor Cherelle Parker said the officers were "badly wounded." They were rushed into surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and no immediate word on their conditions was available.Bethel described one officer as a 40-year-old father of two.

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