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Three SWAT team officers were shot Wednesday morning in Philadelphia during a barricade situation.
The officers were hit by gunfire during a barricade situation in the city’s West Poplar neighborhood around 6 a.m., according to KYW-TV.
A civilian was also shot in the head during the incident and was being treated at the hospital. It was unknown if he was a suspect, the report said.
All three of the officers were in stable condition at a local hospital, the outlet reported.
The incident underscored the gun violence epidemic in the City of Brotherly Love, where murders had soared since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Philadelphia police had reported 424 homicides in 2022 through Wednesday, marking a 2% decrease from last year’s record-high murder rate, but a 58% increase since 2019.
