Sara Salih was shot seven times while sitting in a vehicle Friday night with a 36-year-old man, who was shot in the arm and chest.
Moments before, police say, suspect Nicholas Glenn had fired about 18 shots at veteran police Sgt. Sylvia Young as she sat in her patrol cruiser on a West Philadelphia street corner.
He then randomly fired five shots at two bar employees, a 42-year-old man and 41-year-old woman, as he ran down the street.
"I didn't know," he said, sobbing on his front porch. "How could she be gone? How could this happen?"
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Sara's sister, Fatima Salih, said Sara was a newborn when the family immigrated to Philadelphia in 1992 and that she had attended school in southwest Philadelphia. Fatima Salih described Sara as "outgoing and outspoken," with dreams of becoming a paralegal.
Authorities say the 25-year-old Glenn apparently targeted Salih and the man she was with at random.
Glenn also shot one of the responding officers, University of Pennsylvania police officer Ed Miller. Miller was treated for gunshot wounds to his hip and ankle and was released from the hospital yesterday. Four Philadelphia Eagles players visited before his release.
Young was shot in her shoulder, arm and chest and remains hospitalized in stable condition. Police say all the injured are expected to survive.
Investigators say Glenn had a note that expressed hatred for law enforcement and a probation officer at the time of the attack.
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