Federal charges filed against 4 men in fatal shooting of Philly police officer James O'Connor
O'Connor, 46, was attempting to execute an arrest warrant on Elliott in the Frankford section of Philadelphia when he was shot in the shoulder above his bulletproof vest as he climbed the stairs of the group's alleged drug stash house. U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain unsealed an indictment Thursday against the four defendants, allegedly members of a violent drug-trafficking group known as "1700 Scattergood." The group sold cocaine and marijuana and collected several firearms, including semi-automatic rifles, at a home in Northeast Philadelphia, prosecutors say. On the day of the shootin...
Source: phillyvoice.com