Police: Armed man wounded, 2 officers hit however saved by vests

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say an in a single day standoff with an armed man barricaded in a Philadelphia dwelling ended when he was shot and wounded by officers who had been fired upon and struck by bullets of their protecting vests.

First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford advised WPVI-TV that officers have been referred to as to the Germantown dwelling at about 4 p.m. Saturday after a report of an armed man and got entry to the property by a relative however have been fired upon by the person.

Officers say the barricade state of affairs lasted in a single day into Sunday, and SWAT negotiators tried to speak with the person however in some unspecified time in the future they misplaced communication with him. Stanford mentioned they have been involved in regards to the man’s security and went inside Sunday morning and located him on the third ground when he opened hearth.

Stanford mentioned two officers have been hit however “fortunately of their vest space and they also have been saved by their vest.” They returned hearth, placing the person and he was transported to the hospital, he mentioned. WPVI-TV reported that the 2 SWAT officers have been handled at Temple College Hospital and later launched.

The situation of the person taken from the house wasn’t instantly recognized.