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Gunman Who Shot PPD Officers Was Wearing Bulletproof Vest, Authorities Say Gunman Who Shot PPD Officers Was Wearing Bulletproof Vest, Authorities Say
Gunman Who Shot PPD Officers Was Wearing Bulletproof Vest, Authorities Say New details are emerging about the deadly shooting that wounded three Philadelphia police officers and killed a suspected gunman in Fox Chase last week.  Police said they were called to a home on the 7500 block of Whitaker Avenue around 7 p.m. Wednesday night, Oct. 4 for a report of an armed person.  They arrived to find 42-year-old Michael Hwang wearing a ballistic vest and carrying a .40-caliber Glock, authorities said.  Hwang allegedly ignored police commands to drop the weapon "and a gunfight ensued," police wrote.  Officer Samantha Gress was shot in the back of he…

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