At least two police officers were shot and wounded during a fireworks display in Philadelphia. in the framework of the 4th of July celebrations, as reported by the main US media.
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In a video broadcast by CBS News, taken from a building, a panicked crowd is seen fleeing in terror from the place in the middle of fireworks display.
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The local press reported that the wounded agents received gunshot wounds, leaving one of the policemen wounded in the shoulder, while the other was affected in his head.
🇺🇸 | THE LATEST: Scene from Ben Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia during the active shooting reported tonight during the fireworks show. pic.twitter.com/Nilz8V7hz4
— World Alert (@AIertaMundiaI) July 5, 2022
The attack occurred around 9:45 pm, local time, when the inhabitants of Philadelphia were present at the light show and fireworks on Spring Garden Street.
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said both officers had been released, and authorities were still investigating the exact circumstances of the incident.
Philadelphia police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said two officers struck by gunfire near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway have been released from the hospital. A “catastrophic scene” was averted, she said. https://t.co/7KFWJCMS9c pic.twitter.com/Ein4Jj8xpD
— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) July 5, 2022
False alarm in Florida
A false shooting alarm caused the stampede of hundreds of people who attended in Orlando (Florida) to a pyrotechnic show for US Independence Day, local media reported on Tuesday.
Several people were injured in the chaos that occurred in the vicinity of Lake Eola, according to the Orlando Police, who until early today were still investigating the reasons for what happened and helping to solve problems such as the large number of abandoned objects in the place.
Until this moment it seems that a noise that occurred during the fireworks show confused some spectators.
Hours before the riot in Orlando, there had been a shooting in the town of Highland Park, about 40 kilometers from Chicago, during an Independence Day parade in which at least six people died and “dozens” were seriously injured. .
According to the Police, “no serious injuries have been reported, but only some minor ones that some spectators suffered when they fell in the middle of the commotion.”
Amid the chaos, police posted a message on social media warning that there was no evidence of a shooting at the show venue and asking people to calm down. Several videos published today show how panic seized people, who began to run in all directions.
“There were thousands of people coming at me, so we started running. And then at one point, people were pushing so hard that we dropped our hands and I panicked,” Katie Chung, a woman, told Orlando’s WESH channel. he was watching the show with his family.
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