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July 15, 2010
Officer Kevin Livewell
24th Police District
Officer stable after shooting
By DAVID GAMBACORTA and JAN RANSOM
Philadelphia Daily News
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100715_Officer_stable_after_shooting.html
By DAVID GAMBACORTA and JAN RANSOM
Philadelphia Daily News
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20100715_Officer_stable_after_shooting.html
A Philadelphia police officer was shot in the leg during an encounter Thursday night with at least two armed men in Kensington.
Officer Kevin Livewell and his partner, Officer Brian Issel, were on patrol about 8:30 p.m. when they spotted a white panel van on Water Street near Indiana that matched the description of a vehicle that had been involved in a prior shooting, police said.
When the cops approached, the occupants of the van leaped out and started blasting assault rifles at the officers, police said.
Livewell, 30, was wounded in the leg. The 9-year veteran was admitted to Temple University Hospital in stable condition.
Both cops, who are assigned to the 24th District on Whitaker Avenue near Erie, returned fire, but it was unclear if either of the assailants were wounded.
Police said one suspect was arrested inside a property on Water Street. Another suspect, who was described only as a Hispanic man, was on the loose. Various police reports throughout the evening suggested a third assailant was involved and also on the run.
Police officials said two assault rifles and a loaded Glock handgun were recovered at the scene of the shooting.
It is incredible the kinds of things that go on in our city, and the types of things that officers face on a daily basis,” Mayor Nutter said outside Temple Hospital Thursday night.
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey noted that it was “fortunate” that Livewell didn’t suffer more serious injuries.
The shooting left residents of the Kensington neighborhood on edge.
A woman who lives on Lee Street, which shares an alley with Water, said she was in her house when the shots rang out.
“They were powerful,” she said of the gunshots. “Everybody was running every which way.”
The woman, who didn’t want to be identified, said she saw people running into an alleyway near the crime scene and trying to get into neighbors’ homes.
About an hour and a half before the shooting occurred, another bizarre situation unfolded on Lee Street, the resident said.
Six men got out of a car and attempted to force another man into the trunk and then fled, the woman said. It was unclear, however, if that incident had anything to do with the police shooting.
Anyone with information on the shooting can contact police at 215-686-TIPS.
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June 30, 2010
Chester officer shot,
2 men killed after burglary report
By Mari A. Schaefer and Joelle Farrell
Inquirer Staff Writers
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June 14, 2010
Officer Ashley Haggard
39th Police District
Cops Arrest 2 in Connection
to Officer Shooting
No charges in actual shooting of officer
By DAN STAMM and KELLY BAYLISS http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Hoggard-Shooting-Arrrests.html
No charges in actual shooting of officer
By DAN STAMM and KELLY BAYLISS http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Hoggard-Shooting-Arrrests.html
Philadelphia police charged two men for their roles in a shootout that left a Philadelphia Police officer wounded. Neither man was charged directly with the shooting of police officer Ashley Hoggard but rather other roles in the shootout.
On Sunday morning, the 26-year-old cop was shot in the shoulder outside the Franchise Bar on the 1300 Block of Somerset Street in North Philadelphia while responding to reports of gunfire. Three others were also caught in the crossfire -- all were expected to recover.
Dwayne Robinson, 23, was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, violations of the uniform firearms act and related offenses in relation to the shooting a 38-year-old man outside the bar, police said.
Dwayne Robinson allegedly shot a man multiple...
Joseph Cebollero was seen with a gun inside the... After Robinson allegedly shot the man he passed the gun onto another guy, cops said.
The other guy was 22-year-old Joseph Cebollero. He was arrested Wednesday and charged with violations of the uniform firearms act and obstruction of justice, said police.
Cebollero was also witnessed possessing a firearm inside the bar, according to police. Police confirmed earlier Wednesday that multiple people were questioned regarding the shootings. They want to figure out who exactly shot the officer.
The injured officer remained in good condition at Temple University Hospital, said police.
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Raymond Blohm, 31, a decorated 10-year Upper Darby Police veteran was shot four times on routine patrol trying to stop a pedestrian for drinking in public and allegedly smoking marijuana, police said.
Blohm, married and the father of two girls, ages 3 and 5, was workingpatrol 12:30 a.m. Friday in the vicinity of Copley and Ludlow streets. The unidentified suspect also was hit four times when Blohm returned fire during the street confrontation. The suspect also was taken to Penn and was in surgery early this morning The incident occurred about 12:30 a.m. when the officer stopped a man with an open container of alcohol who also allegedly was smoking a marijuana cigarette near the intersection of Ludlow Street and Copley Road, near Brownie's Pub, according to police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. Police say when the officer told the suspect to put down the container and marijuana, the suspect refused. A confrontation ensued, and Blohm tried to use his Taser on the suspect, according to Chitwood. At that point, investigators say the suspect pulled a gun and fired at the officer several times. He was struck four times as he wheeled away and tried to take cover behind a car. Blohm was hit twice in the back below his bullet-proof vest, once in the vest and once in the thumb by a bullet that actually went through his police radio, Chitwood said.
After being shot, the officer returned fire, striking the suspect four times. He then chased down the fleeing suspect.
Michael Chitwood spent more than five hours at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania this morning with Blohm, and gave this account of the incident: Blohm actually was hit four times, but one bullet struck his bulletproof vvest. He was struck twice in the lower back and one was a graze wound to the thumb. The first shot fired by the gunman struck the officer's bullet proof vest in the shoulder area, severing the wire to his two-way radio.
"He had to use his own cell phone to call 911 for help and back-up," Chitwood said. "He saw a guy walking with an open container and smoking pot. Part of our policy to limit violence is zero tolerance so he goes to stop the guy and he won't stop. He threatened to Taser him and the next thing he knows the guy turns, pulls a gun from his waistband and opened up on him.
"Blohm ducks for cover and the guy fires hitting him four times, once in the shoulder area of his bulletproof vest and two in the lower back. The doctors are still deciding whether or not to remove those two bullets. One is lodged under the skin and one chipped the bone in the spine in the soft tissue area. He shot the gunman four times in the arms and legs," on the unit block of Copley Road. "The gunman was apprehended and is being treated," at HUP.
"We recovered a .22 caliber revolver," Chitwood said. "Most of these bad guys we're dealing with carry bigger guns, .45s. Had this been a .45 this would have been a different story and the officer would have suffered more serious gunshot wounds."
Chitwood is planning an 11 a.m. press conference to update the situation, and Blohm's condition, as well as announcing charges against the suspect
"The man who shot an Upper Darby police officer is telling people that he wished he had an AK47 and killed the cop, authorities said."
Dwayne Robinson allegedly shot a man multiple...
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May 23, 2010
Officer Raymond Blohm
Upper Darby Police
Upper Darby Police Officer
Raymond Blohm shot four times
in street confrontation
Published: Friday, May 21, 2010
By Linda Reilly
http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2010/05/21/news_of_delaware_county/news/doc4bf6a8e8d498a413454940.txt
UPPER DARBY - A township police officer was shot four times in a confrontation with a man outside a bar early Friday, police said.Published: Friday, May 21, 2010
By Linda Reilly
http://www.delconewsnetwork.com/articles/2010/05/21/news_of_delaware_county/news/doc4bf6a8e8d498a413454940.txt
Raymond Blohm, 31, a decorated 10-year Upper Darby Police veteran was shot four times on routine patrol trying to stop a pedestrian for drinking in public and allegedly smoking marijuana, police said.
Blohm, married and the father of two girls, ages 3 and 5, was workingpatrol 12:30 a.m. Friday in the vicinity of Copley and Ludlow streets. The unidentified suspect also was hit four times when Blohm returned fire during the street confrontation. The suspect also was taken to Penn and was in surgery early this morning The incident occurred about 12:30 a.m. when the officer stopped a man with an open container of alcohol who also allegedly was smoking a marijuana cigarette near the intersection of Ludlow Street and Copley Road, near Brownie's Pub, according to police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. Police say when the officer told the suspect to put down the container and marijuana, the suspect refused. A confrontation ensued, and Blohm tried to use his Taser on the suspect, according to Chitwood. At that point, investigators say the suspect pulled a gun and fired at the officer several times. He was struck four times as he wheeled away and tried to take cover behind a car. Blohm was hit twice in the back below his bullet-proof vest, once in the vest and once in the thumb by a bullet that actually went through his police radio, Chitwood said.
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January 17, 2010
Capitol Police officer shot in Philadelphia
The two-year department veteran was wounded when he tried to stop the robbery of a theater, officials say.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
BY LARA BRENCKLE lbrenckle@patriot-news.com
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1263686106271240.xml&coll=1
The two-year department veteran was wounded when he tried to stop the robbery of a theater, officials say.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
BY LARA BRENCKLE lbrenckle@patriot-news.com
http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1263686106271240.xml&coll=1
An off-duty Capitol Police officer who once patrolled at the Capitol was shot Friday, the end of his first week at his new post in Philadelphia.
Officer Anthony Yip, 40, who lives in Philadelphia, was waiting to buy movie tickets at the Bridge theater when a man walked to the box office, pulled a gun and attempted to rob the theater, said Gary Tuma, a spokesman for Gov. Ed Rendell.
Yip, who was off-duty, pulled his commonwealth-issued .357 Sig Sauer gun, identified himself as a police officer and attempted to stop the man, who opened fire, Tuma said.
Yip, who has been with the department for two years, was struck in the shoulder. Another man was shot in the thigh.
Both were transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where they were stable Saturday night.
Ed Myslewicz, a Capitol Police spokesman, said that because Yip's service weapon was used, the department is required to review the incident.
"He stepped forward as a private citizen to protect others," Myslewicz said. "[The review] is just a standard procedure."
Tuma said Yip had spoken with his supervisors.
"He is said to be in good spirits," Tuma said.
The man who tried to rob the theater fled, and police were searching for him.
Tuma called Yip's actions "brave."
"He saw there was a problem and stepped in to try to solve it, which is what our officers are trained to do on and off-duty," Tuma said.