Philly police shoot, kill armed man on Benjamin Franklin Parkway | Local News | phillytrib.com – The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly police shoot, kill armed man on Benjamin Franklin Parkway | Local News | phillytrib.com  The Philadelphia Tribune

Police shot and killed a man on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Friday. Shown are Philadelphia police vehicles on a traffic stop in Philadelphia, June 24, 2021. — Matt Rourke/AP Police said they received calls around 11 a.m. reporting a man with a gun on 21st Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway. When police responded to the scene, the unidentified man fired his weapon, according to investigators. A SEPTA police officer and a Philadelphia police officer both fired once and the man was shot twice. The man was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 11:30 a.m. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.

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