Philadelphia officer wounded in line-of-duty shooting released from hospital several weeks later

A Philadelphia police officer shot and injured on the job last month is finally heading home after weeks of recovering in the hospital.

Officer Giovanni Maysonet was attempting to stop two suspects fleeing a traffic stop on 60th Street on February 8 when a physical struggle ensued.

In an audio recording of the incident obtained by FOX 29, Officer Maysonet is heard saying, "I think I'm shot twice. Tell my family I love them if I don't make it." His partner drove him to Penn Presbyterian Hospital, where he was initially placed in critical condition.

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