Officials have announced the detection of threats against the officers involved in the shooting that left a 12-year-old dead Tuesday in South Philadelphia.
Due to safety concerns, officials say they will not release the names of the discharged officers involved until an investigation surrounding those threats is completed.
Police say the officers spotted two males at 18th and Barbara, one of whom was wanted for questioning in connection with questionable social media posts about a stolen gun. One of the officers was hit by shards of glass in his face and eyes. Police say the bullet went through the rear passenger window's glass, hit the inner doorframe, then went through the passenger's headrest before stopping in the vehicle's headliner.
Police say the gun in Siderio's possession, a 9MM equipped with a laser, had been reported stolen. The gun was recovered at the scene and was found to have one round in the chamber and five in the magazine, police say. "While the indications from the medical examiner is that the bullet entered into his back, that does not mean he was fleeing or that there was not a gun being pointed toward or in the vicinity of the officer. It doesn't mean that he wasn't continuing to be a threat to the officer," Naish said."What I heard was when the cops pulled up in an unmarked car, they thought someone was jumping them because they slammed on the brakes.
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