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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Wednesday, March 9th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, the Philadelphia police officers shot and killed 12-year-old Thomas Sedario Jr.

last week after several officers were shot at during investigation will be fired.

Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Tuesday that the officer is being suspended for 30 days with the intent to dismiss for violations of the use of force policy.

Outlaw declined to say the specific violations, but said the department has rules against excessive use of force and allowing for a proportionate response to the resistance being met the name of the officers being withheld by the department because what outlaw said is an ongoing investigation into threats against four officers who were present at the shooting according to philadelphia police the four plain-closed officers were in an unmarked car. They were conducting surveillance at about 720 on March 1st as part of a task force responding to social media posts involving a gun. The officer said they saw two young men at the corner, one of whom appeared to be carrying a handgun and recognized the older one as someone wanted for questioning in that firearms investigation. According to police, the officers moved the car

near the two young men and turned their emergency lights on. A short time later, they heard a gunshot

and the shattering of glass as a bullet entered their back window and ricocheted through several

surfaces in the car. One officer was struck by glass in the face and eye and was treated for his

injuries. Two officers exited the vehicle and fired two

shots towards Sedirio, who they said was still holding a gun. Sedirio began to run down the street

and one officer chased him and fired two additional shots. Sedirio was shot, was struck in the back.

The bullet exited through his chest. Police rushed the boy to the hospital where he was

pronounced dead. Question have been raised about whether Sidereo still had a gun in his possession when he was shot.

Original reports from police said they recovered the gun, which had been reported stolen.

Philadelphia known as the City of Brotherly Love has 96 homicides so far this year,

falling one more murder short of the notoriously, notoriously violent Chicago three months into 2022.

As of Monday, there had been 96 homicide victims in Philadelphia in 2022.

According to the Philadelphia Police Department statistics, that represents a 9% spike from the 88 homicide victims.

The city recorded at the same time last year.

And at the end of 2021, Philadelphia recorded

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