PHILADELPHIA — A man accused of ambushing a Philadelphia police officer with a hail of gunfire in the name of the Islamic State group was convicted Thursday of attempted murder. Edward Archer also was found guilty of aggravated assault and other charges stemming from the January 2016 shooting of Officer Jesse Hartnett in his patrol car. When questioned by police, Archer repeatedly pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State and said he acted out of religious inspiration. During the trial, jurors watched a surveillance video that shows a person in an all-white gown unloading a handgun into the driver’s side of a squad car. The shooter flees and is followed on foot by a wounded Hartnett, the video shows.

Source: National Post February 01, 2018 22:50 UTC