46°
Officer Diamond Jaynes has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the Internal Affairs and Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations, PPD said in a release.
Five people in total were arrested after two groups exchanged gunfire in Clara Muhammad Square around 2:30 p.m., authorities have said.
One of them, 21-year-old Kahbir Oglesby-Hicks, was charged with Violation of the Uniformed Firearms Act (VUFA), possessing an instrument of crime, VUFA on streets, and evading arrest, city police said.
The others, a 15-year-old boy, two 16-year-old boys, and a 16-year-old girl, were not named.
Police said six firearms were recovered during the investigation, including:
- A loaded .223/5.56 MM Black rifle (associated with a 15-year-old male suspect)
- A loaded Taurus 9MM handgun (associated with Oglesby-Hicks)
- A loaded Black Polymer 80 (P80) 9MM handgun without a serial number (associated with a 16-year-old male suspect)
- A loaded black privately manufactured handgun, 9MM (associated with a 16-year-old female suspect)
- A loaded black Glock 19, 9MM handgun (associated with a 16-year-old male suspect)
The sixth, a Glock 21 Gen 4, .45 Caliber handgun with no ammunition in it, was recovered in the street "with no offender connected to it," police said.
Authorities said Officer Jaynes shot a 15-year-old boy in the left leg and left shoulder. A "black AR-style pistol" was found near his feet, according to investigators.
Jaynes secured the gun and then took the 15-year-old to Presbyterian Hospital where he was placed in stable condition, police said.
While officers were responding to the active shooting, a 15-year-old girl was struck by a Philadelphia Police patrol wagon. She was taken to CHOP by PFD medics, where she was listed in stable condition with a fractured leg.
Also injured were a 23-year-old man shot in the lower stomach and a 15-year-old boy whose finger was grazed by a bullet. They, too, were placed in stable condition, authorities said.
PPD said Officer Jaynes' body-worn camera did not record her shooting the teen. She is assigned to the 16th District and has been with the department for six years, police added.
Click here to follow Daily Voice Bethlehem and receive free news updates.
