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Riots Broke Out In Philadelphia After Police Shot And Killed Knife-wielding Man Police officers responding to report of a person with a weapon, Monday, shot and killed knife-wielding 27 year-old Walter Wallace Jr, in the Cobbs Creek neighborhood of West Philadelphia. According to police spokesperson Tanya Little, officers ordered Wallace to drop the knife, but he instead “advanced toward” them. Both officers then fired “several times.” The shooting occurred before 4 p.m. A graphic video emerged that purportedly showed the moments leading up to the shooting. It showed officers pointing their guns at Wallace as he walks in the street and around a car. He walks toward the officers as they back away from him in the street, guns still aimed at him. They yell at him to put his knife down. The two officers then fired several shots and Wallace collapses in the street. A woman runs up to him screaming while several bystanders then approach him. Wallace was hit in the shoulder and chest. One of the officers then put him in a police vehicle and drove him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later, Little said. Wallace's father, Walter Wallace Sr., told the Inquirer that his son struggled with mental issues and that his wife had been "trying to defuse the situation." “Why didn’t they use a Taser?” he asked, referring to an electrical stun gun sometimes used to avoid deadly force. Riots broke out following the shooting and continued into the early hours of Tuesday. Angry rioters clashed with police and looted businesses. Hundreds armed with bricks rioted in the 52nd Street commercial district. Police cars and dumpsters were set ablaze and at least 30 police officers were hurt. A 56-year-old sergeant was struck by a truck and was hospitalized with a broken leg, among other injuries. Stores including several Rite Aid pharmacies, a restaurant, and clothing and shoe shops were broken into. Two ATMs were also reportedly smashed. According to police, 91 people were arrested and at least 30 officers were injured. https://www.keneci.com/feedbox#h.2m1u2num0wyd