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Three Philadelphia police officers were taken to the hospital after being pepper-sprayed while responding to a group of 400 to 500 people, Philadelphia Police Inspector DF Pace told NBC10.

Three Philadelphia police officers were taken to the hospital after being pepper-sprayed while responding to a group of 400 to 500 people, Philadelphia Police Inspector DF Pace told NBC10.

According to Pace, the crowd of "mostly" juveniles gathered between 7 and 8 p.m. in the area 40th and Market and 40th and Walnut streets in West Philadelphia.

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The large crowd had accumulated in part from the University of Pennsylvania football and soccer homecomings, which were happening in the area on Saturday

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