Two Philadelphia police officers and an armed suspect are recovering after they were all shot during a barricade situation in the city’s Germantown neighborhood, officials said.
On Saturday, shortly after 4 p.m., police responded to a home on the 400 block of West Bringhurst Street for a report of a person with a gun. Responding officers entered the home and announced their presence but exited when they heard a gunshot, investigators said.A hostage negotiator and a police sergeant made contact with a 65-year-old man inside the house, investigators said. The standoff continued for nine hours as the man refused to leave his property, according to police.
After losing communication with the man, SWAT officers entered the home. As they entered the third floor, the 65-year-old man, who was armed with a shotgun, opened fire through a bedroom door, according to investigators. Two officers, ages 56 and 35, were both shot in their ballistic vests, police said. A third officer’s ballistic shield was also struck by gunfire, according to investigators.
The two officers pulled out their own weapons and fired, shooting the 65-year-old man in the right shoulder, police said.
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