Dramatic Photos Capture Moment Gunman Allegedly Tried to 'Execute' Philadelphia Police Officer

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By EMILY SHAPIRO - ABC News


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Chilling images show the moment a gunman approached a Philadelphia police officer in his police car and allegedly fired 13 shots at him -- an act that the city's police commissioner called an execution attempt.

Officials say the suspect fired 13 shots at Officer Jesse Hartnett while he was in his police vehicle, according to ABC's Philadelphia station WPVI.

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"When you look at the video -- we have video that captured all of this -- it's one of the scariest things I've ever seen," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said during a news conference today.

"This guy tried to execute the police officer," he said. "It's amazing he's alive."

Hartnett, a five-year veteran, returned fire and hit the suspect three times, WPVI reported. The suspect was apprehended.

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Dramatic scanner audio also captured the moment Officer Hartnett radioed in that he was shot.

"Shots fired! ... I’m shot! I’m bleeding heavily!" he said.

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Hartnett suffered a broken arm and underwent surgery, according to WPVI.

"The officer ... he's going to be okay. ... That's the main thing," Ross said. "We're glad for him, and his family and his police family."

The suspect was hospitalized in unknown condition, according to WPVI.

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Ross said the motive is so far unclear.

"It's crazy, it doesn't make any sense," Ross said. "It's ridiculous and maybe we'll find out from this guy what he did it for. I don't know."

This was the first police-involved shooting for the administration of Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, who was inaugurated four days ago.

Police are investigating to determine whether the suspect had been radicalized, officials told ABC News.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said: “We are thankful that Officer Hartnett is alive and not facing life-threatening injuries after being ambushed. We wish him and his family the best during his recovery. This alleged intentional act of violence against an officer seeking to help a fellow citizen is horrifying and has no place in Pennsylvania.”

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Police: Suspect in officer's shooting claims allegiance to ISIS

A 30-year-old man who allegedly ambushed and shot a Philadelphia police officer sitting in his patrol car confessed he did it in the name of the Islamic State, presumably referring to the terrorist group ISIS, officials said Friday.

Officer Jesse Hartnett, 33, was hit three times in the left arm on Thursday night and suffered "some very serious injuries that will require multiple surgeries," police Commissioner Richard Ross told reporters.

Despite being seriously injured and bleeding heavily, the veteran officer got out of his patrol car and shot the assailant in the buttocks, Ross said. The gunman was apprehended by other officers, Ross said.

"He was trying to assassinate this police officer," Ross told reporters

The alleged assailant was armed with a 9mm Glock 17 that was reported stolen from the home of a police officer in 2013.

"It is one of the things that you regret the most, when an officer's gun is stolen that it is used against one of your own," Ross said

Capt. James Clark, commander of the homicide unit, told CNN the suspect said to investigators: "I follow Allah. I pledge my allegiance to the Islamic State and that's why I did what I did."

Clark said: "He just kept on echoing those sentiments and he wouldn't give us anything more than that."

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Guess we are going to need an allahu akbar thread tag. :|

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