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CBS News
22-05-2025
- CBS News
Philadelphia police officer shot near Overbrook High School to be released from hospital
The Philadelphia police officer who was shot trying to break up a large fight outside Overbrook High School earlier this month is being released from the hospital on Thursday. The officer's identity has yet to be publicly released. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said he had recently graduated from the academy and had been on the job for only a few months. The shooting happened around 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7, after police responded to several fights breaking out outside the West Philadelphia high school. Dachan Seay, the alleged shooter, was arrested at the scene and charged the next day with aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, illegal gun possession, reckless endangerment and related offenses. Police said Seay was called to the scene by someone or multiple people who were involved in the fights. Seay allegedly was armed with a Ruger-57 and is accused of firing the gun with a rifle round into the ground. Investigators said the cartridge ricocheted and struck the officer under his bulletproof vest. Bethel said that on the day of the shooting, the officer didn't realize he was shot at first, but then he was rushed to the hospital and into surgery. On May 8, Bethel said the officer was out of surgery but suffered a significant injury. No Philadelphia police officers fired their weapons during the incident, Bethel said. This is a developing story and will be updated.
CBS News
08-05-2025
- CBS News
Man charged after Philadelphia police officer shot trying to break up fight outside Overbrook High School
A 30-year-old man has been charged with shooting a Philadelphia police officer trying to break up a fight outside Overbrook High School on Wednesday afternoon, according to the city's police commissioner. Dachan Seay was charged with aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer, illegal gun possession, reckless endangerment and related offenses, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel announced Thursday. The shooting happened outside Overbrook High School around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday after police responded to reports of several fights breaking out. Police said that at some point, Seay was called into the area by someone or some people involved in the fights. According to police, Seay came to the scene armed with a Ruger-57. He's accused of firing the gun with a rifle round into the ground. Police said the cartridge ricocheted and struck a 26-year-old police officer under his bulletproof vest. The officer was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and into surgery, police said. Bethel said Thursday the officer is out of surgery but suffered a significant injury. Bethel said the officer is alert and talking, and "on the road to recovery." The officer has not been identified, but police said he had only been on the job for under a year. Bethel said Thursday that Seay has some type of connection to the people involved in the fights, but it's unclear how. Bethel said it could be familial. Bethel said Seay has a previous criminal record, including aggravated assault and retail theft. The police commissioner echoed his message from Wednesday, saying adults should heed this incident as a warning. "You should not be engaged in this activity," Bethel said on Thursday. "You should not be coming up to school and aggravating. It is your job to de-escalate these situations. It's your job to come up to the school and work with those schools when those fights are occurring, not putting that all on policing and putting that on the school. It is parents' duty to do that. If everybody did their job, then our schools would not have these issues, nor would we have these issues with young people in the community." This is a developing story and will be updated.
Fox News
07-05-2025
- Fox News
Rookie Philadelphia police officer shot in stomach while trying to break up fight near high school
Published May 7, 2025 4:57pm EDT | Updated May 7, 2025 7:36pm EDT A 26-year-old Philadelphia police officer was in critical condition Wednesday after being shot while responding to a fight outside Overbrook High School. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel strongly condemned the incident, calling it a dangerous example of adults making bad decisions and putting lives at risk. At a press conference Wednesday evening, Bethel did not hold back when talking about the 30-year-old man now under arrest for allegedly bringing a gun to a student fight and firing it."There's been fights at the school that happened since I was a kid," Bethel said. "But what I never would do was call an adult to my fight. And then when you are an adult, you're a d--- adult. And you're supposed to know that." NASHVILLE POLICE VIDEO CAPTURES MOMENT 18-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN SPOTS PATROL CAR, OPENS FIRE The police got a call around 2:42 p.m. from school safety officers at Overbrook High School, asking for help after multiple fights broke out as school let out for the day. Officers showed up and started breaking up the fight, but some students were also fighting with the officers."We have an adult come to it with a weapon that could kill, easily kill my officers," Bethel said. "It makes absolutely no sense." Bethel said the bullet ricocheted and hit a 26-year-old officer in the stomach, just below his bulletproof vest. The officer, on the job for just over a year and recently assigned to the 19th District, was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he had surgery and is now in critical condition. VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICERS SHOT DURING TRAFFIC STOP NEAR POPULAR SHOPPING CENTER; SUSPECT KILLED "We constantly are encouraging parents, it can't just be us. Can't be just [Superintendent] Dr. B. Watlington and the school district," said Bethel. "Parents are engaged in this process. But when a 30-year-old man comes to a fight with children, what the h--- are they gonna do?" "And then you bring a gun. So you're a coward anyway. You're gonna come to the fight, come to fight. But you bring a gun and then you fire the weapon. Anyone could have been injured. Unfortunately, my officer is the one who was injured in this case." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP No other injuries were reported. As for the adult suspect, Commissioner Bethel said: "You're supposed to be the one who has to come in there to de-escalate, not escalate."
Fox News
07-05-2025
- Fox News
Philadelphia police officer shot in stomach while responding to dispute near high school
Recommended Videos Published May 7, 2025 4:57pm EDT A Philadelphia police officer was shot Wednesday afternoon while responding to a dispute near a high school. According to Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Officer Tanya Little, the shooting happened around 2:40 p.m. near Overbrook High Schol in the city's Overbrook neighborhood. The officer was shot in the stomach and transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, authorities said. NASHVILLE POLICE VIDEO CAPTURES MOMENT 18-YEAR-OLD GUNMAN SPOTS PATROL CAR, OPENS FIRE FOX29 reported that the officer was attempting to break up a fight when an individual opened fire, hitting the officer. VIRGINIA POLICE OFFICERS SHOT DURING TRAFFIC STOP NEAR POPULAR SHOPPING CENTER; SUSPECT KILLED As of Wednesday afternoon, police had not provided an update on the officer's condition. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP A suspect was taken into custody at the scene, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia. A firearm was also recovered. It is not yet clear what led to the shooting or if it was connected to Overbrook High School.
Axios
28-03-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Will Smith honored with West Philly street renaming
👑 Philly native Will Smith was on hand for yesterday's street renaming ceremony in West Philly, where he was also given a key to the city. The city rechristened a stretch of 59th Street as Will Smith Way. The street is near Overbrook High School, Smith's alma mater. (NBC) 🤝 Strike averted: The union for the faculty and staff at Community College of Philadelphia reached a tentative agreement with school leadership. The four-year deal for the 1,200-member union includes wage increases and reduced class sizes. (Inquirer 🔒 ) 🗳️ Democrats will maintain their slim majority in the state House after the party won a special election in western Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
