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14-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Gunfight With Police In Philadelphia Neighborhood
A pair of Philadelphia police officers returned fire at a 65-year-old suspect who shot at them during a 14-hour standoff over the weekend, authorities tell Daily Voice.
Officers were initially called to the 400 block of W. Bringhurst Street on reports of an armed man around 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, police tell Daily Voice. Soon after, police heard one shot, left the house, set up a perimeter, and declared a barricade.
After nine hours of negotiations, the man said he wasn't going to leave the property. Officers lost communication with the man for several hours, and so, on Sunday morn…
