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A crazed man randomly ambushed and shot a female Philadelphia cop sitting in her squad car, then killed a woman and injured four others while he led police on a shootout on Friday night.
The shooter began his attack at 11:30 p.m., when he walked up to Sqt. Sylvia Young sitting in her squad car and abruptly started firing into her open window 15 times, hitting her eight times in the arm and chest. The police veteran of 19 years who has two adult daughters miraculously survived thanks to her wearing a protective vest.
Officer Sylvia Young survived being shot eight times due to wearing a protective vest.
The man then ran away and began firing into a nearby bar, where he struck a security guard in the leg.
As police arrived on the scene, the man grabbed a woman and used her as a human shield before shooting her in the leg and running away again.
The man then shot into a parked car, shooting the woman inside of it seven times and killing her. A man inside the car was shot but survived.
Three cops eventually cornered the shooter in an alley in a shootout and killed him, with one of the cops, a 56 year old retired police sergeant who now works as a University of Pennsylvania campus officer being shot during the battle.
All three wounded civilians were listed in stable condition on Saturday afternoon.
Officers found a “rambling” hate-filled letter at the scene that was allegedly written by the gunman, which contained anti-police rhetoric and named a parole officer as a target.
The shooter has a lengthy criminal record which consisted of drug possession convictions and being arrested and charged in connection with a gang-related rape in November of 2009, where a woman alleged that she was raped by a group of men who attacked her while she got food.
Detectives are investigating whether Glenn was linked to or inspired by outside groups or accomplices.
(The photo supplied of the suspect appears to show an ISIS tattoo on his neck.)
In January, a gunman in Philadelphia ambushed a police officer sitting in his patrol car in a similar manner, with it being found out that the shooter pledged allegiance to ISIS.