A gunman opened fire on two police officers in West Philadelphia overnight, shooting one of the officers 12 times, officials said. Police said they first received a report of a man with a gun on a porch on the 100 block of North 52nd Street at 12:22 a.m. on Saturday. Two 19th district officers t hen arrived at the location around 12:50 a.m. when a gunman opened fire, officials said. One of the officers, a 33-year-old, was shot 12 times while the second officer, a 40-year-old, was shot three times, according to investigators. Both officers were taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. One of the officers completed surgery while the other officer is still undergoing surgery. Officials have not yet revealed their conditions. A SWAT team and other police officers responded to the shooting where they found the gunman in a tree, officials said. The man opened fire on two more officers before police took him into custody though those officers were not hurt, according to investigators. Police said the man was in possession of a shotgun and two handguns, including one weapon that belonged to one of the wounded officers. Officials have not yet revealed his identity. During an early morning press conference, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel revealed that the 40-year-old officer has two children while the 33-year-old officer has five children. Mayor Cherelle Parker said she spoke with the families of both officers. “Their families right now are feeling unspeakable pain but watching this department and those families sticking close together as a village has definitely showed me what the indomitable power of the human spirit is and can mean during times like this,” Parker said. Parker and Bethel both asked the public to pray for the wounded officers. “I believe in the power of prayer,” Parker said. “And if you are asking me what we can be doing right now, what we should be doing right now, for these officers, from our department, our Philadelphia police department, and their families, the most powerful thing we can be doing right now is to pray.” Parker later released a statement on the shooting. This story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser. ...read more read less