The Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police (FOP Lodge 5) is offering a reward of $10,000 to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of perpetrators of the July 6th Buist Avenue shooting.
According to Investigators, a double-shooting occurred on Independence Day that left one man dead and an off-duty police officer critically injured.
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Eyewitness say, the incident occurred around 10:10 p.m. Wednesday along the 7000 block of Buist Avenue in the Elmwood section of Southwest Philadelphia, where some people were celebrating the holiday with a block party.
A 24-year-old man identified as Michael Boateng suffered a gunshot wound to his chest while the off-duty policeman identified as Fred Attakora, 38, also sustained gunshot wounds in his arm and abdomen.
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According to the police, Boateng and Attakora were not the intended targets adding that they have launched a surveillance team to investigate the matter.