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Philadelphia police shooting: What you should know

In an hourslong gun battle-turned-standoff Wednesday, six Philadelphia police officers were shot and two others barricaded inside a home with a gunman in the city's Tioga section.

At 3:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, shooting suspect Maurice Hill was walked from Temple University Hospital's emergency room to a waiting Philadelphia police van. Hill is accused of shooting and wounding six Philadelphia police officers Aug. 14, 2019, on the 3700 block of North 15th Street in Tioga.
At 3:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, shooting suspect Maurice Hill was walked from Temple University Hospital's emergency room to a waiting Philadelphia police van. Hill is accused of shooting and wounding six Philadelphia police officers Aug. 14, 2019, on the 3700 block of North 15th Street in Tioga.Read moreELIZABETH ROBERTSON / Staff Photographer
    by Oona Goodin-Smith
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