PHILADELPHIA - An investigation is underway after two Philadelphia Police officers discharged their weapons during an incident on Thursday.The incident began while the officers were patrolling the area of 9th Street and Hunting Park Avenue at approximately 8:40 p.m.
due to an increase in violent crime. At this point, officers observed a man they later identified as Naquan Burns inside the park, standing near the southwest corner, on his cell phone.
The officers approached Burns and observed a bulge in his waistband that they believed to be a firearm. Police Officer #1 engaged the man in conversation, while sitting in the driver’s seat of his patrol vehicle and asked him what the bulge in his pants was, and if he had a gun on him.