PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two brothers charged with killing a Philadelphia police officer during a shootout inside a video game store each struck the officer with a potentially lethal shot, prosecutors said Wednesday as the suspects waived their preliminary hearing.
Ex-convict Carlton Hipps, 29, and half brother Ramone Williams, 25, together fired six bullets that struck Officer Robert Wilson moments after announcing a robbery.
Wilson, a 30-year-old father of two, had stopped in the Game Stop on March 5 to buy a gift for his older son’s upcoming 10th birthday. His partner was in their cruiser.
After viewing store surveillance video, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said he had never seen anything like the courage shown by his officer. He has since named an award for valor after Wilson.
- Posted May 29, 2015
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DA: Both gunmen fired potentially lethal shots at officer
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