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CNN)Police have been in an hourslong standoff with a suspect who they say shot six officers on Wednesday in a North Philadelphia neighborhood.

Two officers are trapped inside the row house, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross Jr. told reporters. He said he believed "they're OK," but declined to say more out of concern for their safety.

More than three hours after officers swarmed to the scene and the standoff began, negotiators have tried to to communicate with the shooter, but the gunman only picks up the phone without answering, Ross said Wednesday night.

We are trying to get him to come out peacefully, but he is refusing to do so," he said. "We do know he is still alive."
Ross said the wounded officers' injuries were non-life threatening. One had a graze wound to the head.

Officers were in the kitchen of the house when the shooting started and "many of them had to escape through windows and doors," he said. The shooter has continued to fire out windows, the commissioner said.

Police were first called to the Nicetown-Tiago neighborhood for drug activity, Capt. Sekou Kinebrew told CNN affiliate KYW. Video from a news helicopter showed more than 50 police vehicles at the scene. Police reported sporadic gunfire into the evening.

The video showed police officers kneeling and crouching behind various cars with guns drawn.
Four women were escorted out of the building by Philadelphia police SWAT members, said Greg Argos, a reporter for KYW.

The KYW reporter described the women as "visibly upset, crying, as they were escorted down the street."

One woman said of the officers: "They kept us safe the whole time, the whole time, they kept us safe."

President Donald Trump was briefed on the shooting, deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said.
 
Posts: 7016 | Location: Right outside Philly | Registered: September 08, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Locked? It’s not a regular shooting where people start making up shit and theories...it’s police activity.
 
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I get most of my “breaking” news from the forum, so thank you for bringing this incident to our attention.




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“Update: 2 PPD Officers who were in house with shooter have been safely evacuated by PPD SWAT. Suspect is still armed and inside house. Continue to avoid the area,” a police spokesman tweeted at 9:36 p.m."

https://www.inquirer.com/news/...elphia-20190814.html


I have a friend who has no issues with the utter destruction of the residence, with the "suspect" still at large.

Hell, Philly can always use another poop park for the dog walkers...




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I get most of my “breaking” news from the forum, so thank you for bringing this incident to our attention.


You’re welcome. It’s absolute chaos. Every cop in the city seems to be there, along with ATF and FBI. Total shut down.

I have two friends on the scene. Just got a text from one saying his LT got shot in the knuckle.

Other guy is SWAT, hope he puts a bullet in this shit head.
 
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Police were first called to the Nicetown-Tiago neighborhood for drug activity, Capt. Sekou Kinebrew told CNN affiliate KYW.


On the ship here we were all watching this go down on the local philly station in the mess during dinner. A couple of shipmates know that area well. Drug filled, crap hole is basically what they said.

It was good to hear none of the officers were seriously hurt.


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Wasn't it back in the early 80's that the mayor of Philly had the MOVE organization firebombed (unintentionally IIRC) after they barricaded themselves into a series of row homes. I think that was Mayor Wilson Goode, but I may be misremembering the name.

Sounds like the similar technique could be used if all the innocents are out of the building.
 
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Police were first called to the Nicetown-Tiago neighborhood for drug activity, Capt. Sekou Kinebrew told CNN affiliate KYW.


On the ship here we were all watching this go down on the local philly station in the mess during dinner. A couple of shipmates know that area well. Drug filled, crap hole is basically what they said.

It was good to hear none of the officers were seriously hurt.


Yeah, Nicetown is definitely NOT nice. Absolute gutter shit hole.

Glad they got the two cops out. Time for an air strike.
 
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I have a friend who has no issues with the utter destruction of the residence, with the "suspect" still at large.

Hell, Philly can always use another poop park for the dog walkers...


1985, police dropped a bomb from a helicopter on a house. History can always repeat itself.

POLICE DROP BOMB ON RADICALS' HOME IN PHILADELPHIA By William K. Stevens May 14, 1985

ETA: I see a few already beat me to it.


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Posts: 30297 | Location: Elv. 7,000 feet, Utah | Registered: October 29, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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The only person who is responsible for this tragedy is of course the shooter. However, the low life piece of shit Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner, whose only legal experience prior to becoming the DA was to sue the Philadelphia Police Department (75 times), has created a climate where this kind of thing happens. Let 'em Loose Larry Krasner had no prosecutorial experience, and has a long known animus towards law enforcement. Police morale is at an all time low. Recent example of his brand running a DA's office:

Krasner’s year and a half as DA has been controversial. It includes his firing 30 prosecutors, a rise in the city homicide rate, and fury from local law enforcement officials and victim advocates.

Earlier this year, William M. McSwain, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, unveiled federal charges in a case in which Krasner accepted what many view as a lenient plea deal for a man who shot a shopkeeper with an AK-47 assault rifle.

“It’s not a coincidence that Philadelphia saw a double-digit increase in homicides in 2018,” McSwain said. “The policies of the district attorney’s office are undoubtedly playing a large role in this tragedy and nobody should be surprised by it.”
 
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Yeah, DA Krasner is a giant piece of shit. And that's an understatement.


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Damn...just as he was going to turn his life around.

Mmmm, don’t do drugs kids. Don’t deal them either and just maybe this won’t happen inside your house!


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The scum living in the area are throwing shit, cursing out, and being their civilized selves toward the police trying to protect them...

Click the link if you wanna get really angry.

https://mobile.twitter.com/bro...796579587764224?s=12
 
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I did notice that they let the people stand in the street in the line of fire. Out of control people. Police being quite restrained in my opinion.
 
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Maybe we shouldn’t tread into the whole gun control arena...let’s just focus on what’s going down on the street here.
 
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Originally posted by James in Denver:
No worries from me, but in general, the boss frowns upon shooting stories. Yes, generally it's the "mass shootings" so I don't know about this one.

Anyway, I think it's still live on YouTube, and I suspect you can listen to police audio online (Radio Reference? I forgot the website).


James


Why does para frown upon posting shooting incidents? I can only guess that it's to avoid the sensationalism that surrounds "mass shootings".
 
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Now, if we can discuss this shooting, and only this shooting, you guys can proceed.
 
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Well, it appears that the situation is now under control. After tear gas was used, the perp surrendered and is now in custody. Everyone else had been evacuated from the building before the gas was used. No one was killed. The 6 cops who were wounded are all expected to recover. The building is still an active scene due to the gas being there.

Saw it on Fox News.

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President Trump is absolutely right. If that communist Krasner and that worthless Mayor would just enforce the laws and stop coddling these criminals, then crimes like this would absolutely decrease.

I really can't express enough just how awful this DA Krasner is.



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Can’t find the story now but the classy citizens of Philly were reported to have been throwing things and harassing the cops.
 
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