PHILADELPHIA - A nurse assistant has been killed and two officers were injured during the melee that ensued at Jefferson Hospital overnight.
The incident took place at around 12:08 a.m. when police rushed to the hospital for reports of a shooting. A 55-year-old male suspect shot his male coworker, 43, six times on the 9th floor hallway at the hospital.
The nurse assistant was killed at the scene.Then, the male suspect fled the scene in a UHaul where he was eventually found along the 4100 block of Parkside Avenue.
He then shot at officers who returned fire. There were four different officers involved in the shooting. Two Philly Police officers were hit during the exchange of gunfire – one grazed in the nose, one in the elbow.