Passenger Trains > NEC Service Suspended South Of Philly Folcroft PO Shot

6ABC Local news here in Philly reported at Noon that Trains on Amtrak's NEC are on hold between Philly and Wilmington due to a Folcroft Police Ofiicer being shot 7 times as he was involved in drug activity near the railroad RofW ... the officer is in critical condition and the railroad RofW is part of the crime scene ... photo in the link shows the proximity of the scene to the railroad ...

http://6abc.com/news/police-officer-shot-multiple-times-in-folcroft-delaware-co/1399820/

The US might not be civilized enough to have dependable and efficient rail transit?

Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> 6ABC Local news here in Philly reported at Noon
> that Trains on Amtrak's NEC are on hold between
> Philly and Wilmington due to a Folcroft Police
> Ofiicer being shot 7 times as he was involved in
> drug activity near the railroad RofW ... the
> officer is in critical condition and the railroad
> RofW is part of the crime scene ... photo in the
> link shows the proximity of the scene to the
> railroad ...
>
> http://6abc.com/news/police-officer-shot-multiple-
> times-in-folcroft-delaware-co/1399820/

UPDATE: Breaking News just interrupted local programming at 1:10pm EDT and showed Police activity all over the RofW ... so this is still ongoing ... one suspect in custody .. apparently the officer came upon a drug transaction going down in an apt complex and was ambushed with the druggies running all over the place including the railroad ... the young officer was wearing his vest and he's now listed in critical but stable condition ... hopefully he'll have a full recovery with minimal repurcussions from the injuries  ... he's 25 years old and only has a year on the force ... 

Prayers for the officer.

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Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> Prayers for the officer.
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> Posted from Android...

he was shot in the face but hopefully should be ok ... he's still in critical but stable condition ...

trains resumed service right after my previous post around 1:30pm

We learned that whenever we had to move our equipment through the Philly area on CSX to have at least 1 crewman on each side of the car prominently showing that he was holding a long gun at the ready, and say a prayer that the move didn't have to stop for anything. There's a couple of north Philly neighborhoods ( Baltimore also) that are total jungles. Sad but true.

    Ross Rowland

I was on 177 last night and service was suspended also south of Wilmington because of a train derailment. Anyone know what happen. Passengers from both 187&177 had to stay at the Wilmington Station until we were able to squeeze onto train 67 late this morning. Some passengers had to stand up.

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Neighbors cheered the police for getting the bad guys off the corner. Don't hear that very often.

http://6abc.com/news/4-people-in-custody-after-folcroft-police-officer-shot/1399820/

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Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> > Prayers for the officer.
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> he was shot in the face but hopefully should be ok

​How can you get shot in the face and be 'ok'?  Alive, perhaps, but ok?  One would think that a bullet to the facial area would have a high probabilty of disfiguring, or causing complications to your eyes, nose, teeth, jaw, etc, depending on where it hit. 

P Wrote:
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> Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> > > Prayers for the officer.
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> > > Posted from Android...
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> > he was shot in the face but hopefully should be
> ok
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> ​How can you get shot in the face and be 'ok'? 
> Alive, perhaps, but ok?  One would think that a
> bullet to the facial area would have a high
> probabilty of disfiguring, or causing
> complications to your eyes, nose, teeth, jaw, etc,
> depending on where it hit. 

i guess you failed to to comprehend the words CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION but why wouldi i expect anything more .... ok in this context was to mean he should live ,,, sometimes like first graders things have to be spelled out but that's OK  ... so there ya go ... there's your explanation and if you need me to further break it down for you, feel free to let the world of TOs you need me to do so and i'll do that for you ... 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/16 15:04 by Out_Of_Service.

Out_Of_Service Wrote:
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> i guess you failed to to comprehend the words
> CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION but why wouldi i
> expect anything more .... ok in this context was
> to mean he should live ,,, sometimes like first
> graders things have to be spelled out but
> that's OK  ... so there ya go ... there's your
> explanation and if you need me to further break it
> down for you, feel free to let the world of TOs
> you need me to do so and i'll do that for you
> ... 

​Simmer down, buddy.  It's ok.