{"id":1538877,"date":"2022-07-05T00:21:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T04:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538877"},"modified":"2022-07-05T00:21:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T04:21:36","slug":"watch-crowds-panic-and-flee-as-shooter-disrupts-philadelphia-fireworks-hits-two-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-crowds-panic-and-flee-as-shooter-disrupts-philadelphia-fireworks-hits-two-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Crowds Panic And Flee As Shooter Disrupts Philadelphia Fireworks, Hits Two Officers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-crowds-panic-and-flee-as-shooter-disrupts-philadelphia-fireworks-hits-two-officers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538877&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Crowds scattered on Monday night as an active shooter disrupted Philadelphia\u2019s July Fourth celebration, Party on the Parkway, injuring two police officers.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/philadelphia-2-police-officers-shot-fourth-july\">news reports<\/a>, the shooting happened just after the fireworks display got underway, around 10 p.m. local time. Witnesses say the shots came from the area in front of the Art Museum, and two police officers were hit. Subsequent reports stated that the officers are in stable condition following the shooting \u2014 but no arrests have yet been made and the suspect has not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Reports or active shooter at Ben Franklin Parkway during firework show in Philly <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Philadelphia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Philadelphia<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PA?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PA<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Right now multiple authorities are responding to a active shooter situation at Ben Franklin Parkway<br \/>during firework show in Philadelphia causing mass panic <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4v521s6AfO\">pic.twitter.com\/4v521s6AfO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rawsalerts\/status\/1544145430430228480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Chaos erupts on the streets of Philadelphia after a shooting during a Fourth of July fireworks display. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UGelIRcdi1\">pic.twitter.com\/UGelIRcdi1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BNN Newsroom (@BNNBreaking) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNNBreaking\/status\/1544148559607767040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Action News, Philadelphia\u2019s ABC affiliate (WPVI) <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/police-offier-shot-ben-franklin-parkway-shooting-investigation-4th-of-july\/12018760\/\">reported<\/a>, \u201cPolice say a Philadelphia officer assigned to highway patrol sustained a graze wound to the head.\u00a0A second officer assigned to Montgomery County Bomb Squad sustained a gunshot wound to the right shoulder. That officer was there to assist Philadelphia police, as officers from surrounding counties often do during large events in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Police officers warned people to \u201cavoid the area,\u201d directing spectators who may have been separated from their friends and family in the melee to meet \u201cat 1901 Vine Street in front of the Free Library of Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For those looking to reunite with loved ones on the Parkway, please meet at 1901 Vine Street in front of the Free Library of Philadelphia. All others, please avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia Police (@PhillyPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyPolice\/status\/1544149987424145409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monday evening\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitphilly.com\/things-to-do\/events\/july-4th-festival-concert-and-fireworks\/#party-on-the-parkway\">Party on the Parkway<\/a> \u2014 which included a free concert featuring Jason DeRulo, AvaMax, and Tori Kelly in addition to the fireworks display \u2014 was supposed to be the grand finale of the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/welcomeamerica.com\/about\/\">Welcome America<\/a> celebration. Welcome America sixteen days of family-friendly programming that began on June 19th \u2014 in order to incorporate Juneteenth into the celebration of freedom and liberty \u2014 and ended July 4th.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from Fox News, the 2022 Welcome America celebration was the first since COVID-related lockdowns shuttered a number of large gatherings in early spring of 2020 \u2014 and some 100,000 people were expected to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (D), who represents northern Philadelphia\u2019s 181st District, responded to the shooting on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t have to live like this. Family after family and community after community forced to live with the gut wrenching pain of gun violence. I\u2019m absolutely gutted by the reports of a shooting tonight in the Philadelphia Art Museum area during the July 4th concert,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We shouldn\u2019t have to live like this. Family after family and community after community forced to live with the gut wrenching pain of gun violence. <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m absolutely gutted by the reports of a shooting tonight in the Philadelphia Art Museum area during the July 4th concert.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta (@malcolmkenyatta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malcolmkenyatta\/status\/1544145905988812801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The shooting comes just hours after a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/shooting-sends-4th-of-july-parade-into-chaos-multiple-feared-injured-or-dead\/\">shooter<\/a> fired on an Independence Day parade in Highland Park, Illinois, killing at least six and wounding two dozen others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowds scattered on Monday night as an active shooter disrupted Philadelphia\u2019s July Fourth celebration, Party on the Parkway, injuring two police officers. According to news reports, the shooting happened just after the fireworks display got underway, around 10 p.m. local time. Witnesses say the shots came from the area in front of the Art Museum, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":1538883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1538877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1538883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}