officer heartsnet with the 18th district, his officers and supervisors met here. commissioner richard ross went inside to see him. he tells us officer heartnet was shot three times in the arm, one arm is broken and he has significant nerve damage. >> fortunately he's awake, he was coherent, okay, but he's now up in surgery, he's got a lot of recovery ahead of him. so i mean, this speaks to the dangers of this job and why somebody would do something i mean, so absolutely evil is just beyond us. >> reporter: philadelphia mayor jim kenney was also here in the waiting room with some of the injured officer's family members and he relayed to us part of the conversation he had with the injured officer's father. i'll have more on that in the next 25 minutes. reporting live, katy zachry, "nbc 10 news." >> thanks. it's 4:04. philadelphia mayor jim kenney said this morning that this shooting demonstrates the need to keep guns out of the wrong hands. >> there are too many guns, too many guns on our streets. >> the mayor says more laws are needed at the state and national leve