This story was updated on Aug. 14 at 7:15 p.m.
Temple University lifted the lockdown on the Health Sciences Campus amid an active shooting in the city’s Tioga-Nicetown section.
At least five Philadelphia Police officers were injured in an ongoing shooting near the intersection of Erie Avenue and 15th Street, according to a tweet from Philadelphia Police Sergeant Eric Gripp at 5:53 p.m. on Wednesday.
The officers who were shot sustained non-life threatening injuries, the tweet read.
They are being treated at nearby hospitals, including Temple University Hospital.
Police reported that there were two shooters firing from inside a home on the block in Nicetown, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Shots continue to be fired at the scene, Gripp wrote in a later tweet.
The university locked down the Health Sciences Campus just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Students were advised to avoid the area and to seek shelter, stay quiet and be still if they are on campus.
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