The Philadelphia Inquirer and television station NBC10 in Philadelphia quoted police sources on Sunday as saying that according to the tip-off Archer was associated with three other men and was not the most extreme of the group. Archer was treated and released into police custody.Ross called it “absolutely amazing” that Harnett survived.
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“Our main concern at the moment and today is the well-being, and the health, recovery and rehabilitation, of Officer Hartnett”, Mayor Kenney said.
“In no way shape or form does anyone in this room believe that Islam, or the teaching of Islam, has anything to do with what you’ve seen on the screen”.
Philadelphia’s police commissioner told reporters the confessed shooter’s gun belonged to a police officer and was reported stolen in 2013. “We asked him to get medical help”.
Archer has a Monday court hearing scheduled in Delaware County in connection with another incident in which Archer was charged with forgery and driving with a suspended license.
“It’s definitely an area of great investigative interest to us, and we are working with our (Joint Terrorism Task Force) partners in trying to sort out what he was doing there”, Ruona said Saturday.
As soon as the officer felt the man’s hand on his gun, he spun around, stopping the man from getting the gun out of the holster, according to police.
After a brief struggle, the officer was able to subdue the male with the assistance Penn Security team and other officers. She told the police that the man involved in Thursday’s shooting (Archer is not mentioned by name) is not the most radical of his group of four people, and that the threat to police is not over.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the leading U.S. Muslim advocacy group, on Friday said Archer “does not appear” to be an observant Muslim.
It is also not known if Archer had any contact with radicals or terrorist groups, or if he had been influenced by such groups from afar and become “self-radicalised”.
As the officer entered, he was approached by an unidentified man who allegedly said, “I’m hungry”.
When Hartnett called in to report shots fired, he shouted into his police radio: “I’m bleeding heavily!”. Ross said Archer told investigators he believed police enforced laws counter to the Quran.
Hartnett served 14 years with the Coast Guard, joining shortly after September 11, 2001, and serving on active duty through August 2008.
“This is a criminal with a stolen gun who tried to kill one of our officers”.
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They said he began expressing interest in Islam as a teenager, played in a local Muslim football league and worked on construction jobs. But they added that the tip is not isolated, they and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will looking into it and similar tips as they investigate the incident.
