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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…