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

Today is Tuesday, August 24th. Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning. In the news this morning, a police officer was shot in North Philadelphia

while responding

to a call for a reported carjacking on Monday night. It happened at 8 p.m. in the 2,300 block of

North Rees Street in North Philadelphia. Police say a woman was carjacked on the 2,500 block of

Aromingo Avenue, and she tracked her vehicle to North Rees Street. Officers were fired on when they

got to the scene. Police Commissioner Daniel

outlaw said the officers were shot at without warning. Sources say a possible two suspects began

firing at the officers as many as 16 shots were fired before the suspects fled on foot. The 28-year-old

male officer with the 24th police district was in full uniform at the time of the shooting. He

suffered a grazed wound to the head and was released from the hospital on Monday night.

No other officers were injured.

One person was arrested for illegal possession of a firearm.

It's unclear if this suspect is connected with the shooting at this time, but more arrests are likely.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 215-6-86 tips.

The Food and Drug Administration gave full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine Monday,

the first of three COVID vaccines being used in the United States to get full approval

after having been okayed under emergency provisions. After the news was announced,

the military said it was going to going forward

with plans to require military members to be vaccinated. New York City mandated that all public

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