Police: Woman Shot in Head by Officer During Philadelphia Eviction

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Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Police: Woman Shot in Head by Officer During Philadelphia Eviction
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TL;DR

A landlord-tenant officer in Philadelphia shot a woman during an eviction on Wednesday morning. The officer discharged a weapon and struck the woman, who was taken to a nearby hospital. The officer was trying to serve a court-ordered eviction when the incident occurred. The landlord-tenant officers are not sworn law enforcement personnel, and Philadelphia relies on a private law office appointed by the courts to execute evictions.

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