The man who went on a deadly shooting rampage in Philadelphia after he shot an officer in an ambush had 16 prior arrests and left at the scene a “rambling” note expressing hatred for cops, according to reports Saturday.
(FOX)- Philadelphia police said Nicholas Glenn, 25, was armed with a 9mm Ruger semi-automatic handgun when he killed one person and wounded five others, including two police officers, overnight Friday. He was shot and killed by cops in an alley shootout.
“Obviously, he was hell-bent on hurting a lot of people,” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross said Saturday afternoon.
Fox 29 Philadelphia said Glenn had been arrested 16 times in the past. Ross would only say that Glenn was well-known to police.
Ross said Glenn’s note was found at the scene in an envelope addressed “Doomed People.”
The commissioner said the note was barely lucid and ranted about a probation officer by name and the police department.
“This rambling suggests that he clearly was trying to target a police officer, as he did … so it just kind of makes it very clear to us what he was out there to do,” he said earlier Saturday.
Ross said police believe no one else was involved in the shooting which he described as “completely bizarre.” He said there was no indication Glenn had become radicalized.
(Photo Credit: Nicholas Glenn. (Philadelphia Police Dept.) via Fox News)