Police: Officer, sergeant struck trying to control crowd

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say an officer and a police sergeant were struck as they and other officers tried to control a large crowd in northeast Philadelphia over the weekend. Police said officers responding to a report of a person with a gun saw a crowd of 100 to 125 people in the Kensington neighborhood at about 2 a.m. Sunday with people “throwing objects at each other and the police.” Police say the crowd grew and surrounded police, and a 30-year-old man was arrested after striking an officer and a police sergeant multiple times each. Police allege that he also damaged the doors of a patrol car following his arrest. Charges are pending.


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