Philly Officer Shot, Wounded During Overnight Patrol

PHILADELPHIA – A police officer has been wounded by gunfire during an overnight patrol in North Philadelphia.

Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. Frank Vanore says 26-year-old Officer Ashley Hoggard was hit in the shoulder early Sunday morning and is hospitalized in stable condition.

Vanore says Hoggard and a colleague were on patrol when they heard what they thought were gunshots at the intersection of 13th and Somerset streets just before 2:30 a.m.

Vanore says Hoggard was struck by gunfire after the officers got out of their car to investigate.

Vanore says three other men in their 30s were wounded at the scene and are also hospitalized in stable condition. He says police are trying to learn more details about the incident.