Police: Suspect says he shot Philly cop 'in the name of Islam'

Luke Skywalker · Jan 8, 2016

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Philadelphia Police say the man who ambushed and shot an officer multiple times late Thursday confessed that he committed the act in the name of Islam and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. (Jan. 8) AP

Officers investigate the scene of a shooting Jan. 8, 2016, in Philadelphia. A Philadelphia police officer was shot multiple times by a man who ambushed him as he sat in his marked police cruiser.(Photo: Joseph Kaczmarek, AP)

The suspect in the wounding of a*Philadelphia police officer in an*execution-style ambush told officers that he carried out the attack*"in the name of Islam,"*Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Friday.

Ross said*the*suspect, Edward Archer, 30, fired 13 shots from a semiautomatic pistol that hit Officer Jessie Hartnett*and his car Thursday night. The 33-year-old officer*returned fire, hitting the gunman at least three times.
Ross said Archer, who was wearing a long white robe over dark pants during the attack,*"confessed to committing*this cowardly*act*in the name of Islam. He said he believes that the police defend laws that are contrary to the teaching of the Koran."
The commissioner said Hartnett, who was hit three times in his left arm, sustained "very*serious injuries." Earlier Friday, police said he was in stable condition.
A police captain involved in the interrogation of Archer told reporters that the suspect told them he pledges*allegiance to the Islamic State terror group, follows Allah and that he was called upon by his faith to commit the shooting.
Surveillance video, apparently taken from a building or post behind the incident, shows the gunman*running into the street and right up*the police car. He puts the gun directly into the driver-side window and fires at point-blank range.
Mayor Jim Kenney, who also spoke to reporters Friday afternoon, played down the Islam connection.*"This is a criminal with a stolen gun who tried to kill one of our officers, " he said. "It has nothing to do with being a Muslim or following the Islamic faith."
Ross said the weapon was a stolen police gun.
“Shots fired! I’m shot! I’m bleeding heavily!” Hartnett can be heard shouting on the*police radio, KYW-TV reported.
The suspect was quickly taken into custody by other officers after running from the scene.
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Philadelphia Police Officer Ambushed, Shot

The gunman, wearing multiple layers of clothing, flagged down Hartnett's police car on 60th street and opened fire..
“This is absolutely one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen,” Ross told reporters. “This guy tried to execute the police officer. The police officer had no idea he was coming.”

A gun sits by a marker on Jan. 8, 2016, following a shooting of a police officer in Philadelphia. A*(Photo: Joseph Kaczmarek, AP)

Philly.com*quoted*Archer's mother, Valerie Holliday, as saying*her son suffered head injuries from playing football and a moped accident. She said*he has "been acting kind of strangely lately, talking to himself ... laughing and mumbling."
Kenney, who is in his first week as mayor of Philadelphia,*said:*“There are just too many guns on the streets and I think our national government needs to do something about that.”
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Police: Suspect says he shot Philly cop 'in the name of Islam'

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