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Armed Person Takes Own Life After Standoff: Lehigh County DA Armed Person Takes Own Life After Standoff: Lehigh County DA
Armed Person Takes Own Life After Standoff: Lehigh County DA A person died after shooting themself during a police standoff in Upper Saucon Township early Thursday morning, March 20, authorities said. Upper Saucon Township Police said officers responded to a 911 call at 12:48 a.m. reporting a home invasion and gunshots on the 4800 block of West Hopewell Road in Center Valley. When officers arrived, they found an armed individual outside the home. After more than 30 minutes of negotiations, the person shot themself, police said. Emergency responders transported the individual to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The incident appears…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Driver Killed After Pointing Gun At Officers Through Tear Gas In Bensalem Standoff: DA (VIDEOS) Driver Killed After Pointing Gun At Officers Through Tear Gas In Bensalem Standoff: DA (VIDEOS)
Driver Killed After Pointing Gun At Officers Through Tear Gas In Bensalem Standoff: DA (Videos) A two-hour standoff in Bensalem ended in gunfire when an armed fugitive raised a handgun at officers through tear gas, prompting police to open fire, authorities said. Zachiry Derrek Kerschner, 30, of Lehighton, had led police on a high-speed chase before barricading himself in his car at the Liberty Gas Station on Bristol Pike, refusing to surrender, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn announced on Thursday, March 6, 2025. High-Speed Chase Ends In Standoff The incident began around 3:50 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2025, when Bensalem Police stopped Kerschner’s Ford Fusion near Route 1 and …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Fugitive Barricaded In Frederick Motel Airlifted To Hospital After Officer-Involved Shooting Fugitive Barricaded In Frederick Motel Airlifted To Hospital After Officer-Involved Shooting
Fugitive Barricaded In Frederick Motel Airlifted To Hospital After Officer-Involved Shooting A man wanted for sexually abusing a child in Pennsylvania was airlifted to an area hospital following an officer-involved shooting at a Frederick County motel on Friday morning. Shortly before midnight on Aug. 1, deputies from the Frederick County Police Department and Sheriff's Office were called to the Super 8 motel on Monocacy Boulevard, where they were tipped off about a fugitive wanted out of Beaver County who was believed to be in the area. According to the sheriff's office, they were able to make contact with the 45-year-old man, who indicated he was not coming out of his room and ad…

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by Zak Failla
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STANDOFF: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA STANDOFF: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA
Standoff: 84-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Hours-Long Barricade Situation In PA An 84-year-old woman is facing multiple charges after an hours-long standoff with police in Pennsylvania, they said. West Whiteland officers went to serve a mental health warrant to Laraine Whayland at a home on Grubbs Mill Road on Thursday, Sept. 28, when she threatened the officers, West Whiteland Police Sgt. Scott Pezick said. ERT Officers were able to safely grab Whayland and remove her from the house after a nearly four-hour standoff, Pezick said. Whayland was taken to the hospital and charged with terroristic threats, possessing instruments of crime, recklessly endangering another pe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Eviction Turned 'Active Shooting' Ends With Man Dead, Deputy Injured In Pittsburgh (UPDATE) Eviction Turned 'Active Shooting' Ends With Man Dead, Deputy Injured In Pittsburgh (UPDATE)
Eviction Turned 'Active Shooting' Ends With Man Dead, Deputy Injured In Pittsburgh (Update) Sheriff's deputies were issuing an eviction notice when someone inside the home opened fire on Wednesday morning, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety. William 'Bill' Hardison was found shot dead inside his home after he fired at police and SWAT multiple times, according to a police statement at a press conference.  Around 11 a.m. PPS first issued an alert about the "active shooting situation in the city's Garfield neighborhood. The public was asked to avoid the 4800 block of Broad Street and North Mathilda Street. One deputy has been injured in the first round of shooting, but he was a…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Hatboro SWAT Standoff: Suspect In Custody After 14 Hours Hatboro SWAT Standoff: Suspect In Custody After 14 Hours
Hatboro SWAT Standoff: Suspect In Custody After 14 Hours A suspect is in custody following an hourslong standoff with police in Hatboro, authorities said on March 15.  Officers were called to the 100 block of North York Road at about 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 14 for reports of a man with a gun, police Chief James Gardner said at a press conference late Wednesday morning. The suspect was "pointing the gun at passing traffic, tracking them," the Chief said. A nearby officer responded to the scene and made contact with the man, but he ran into an apartment, Gardner continued.  He remained inside for hours and did not respond to police attempts a…

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by Mac Bullock
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Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police
Man Arrested Following Multi-Hour Standoff In South Whitehall: Police A man is in police custody following a standoff that lasted several hours in a Target parking in South Whitehall, according to township police.  Authorities said officers were dispatched to the Crest Plaza parking lot on North Cedar Crest Boulevard around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Nov., 27 for a report of a suicidal man refusing to get out of his vehicle. South Whitehall police called Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team (MERT) crisis negotiator, who eventually convinced the man to stand down, officials said. He was taken to a hospital for a medical evaluation, they added.  On…

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by Mac Bullock
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Suspect Airlifted, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Hours-Long PA Standoff With Sniper Rifle Suspect Airlifted, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Hours-Long PA Standoff With Sniper Rifle
Suspect Airlifted, Charged With Attempted Homicide In Hours-Long PA Standoff With Sniper Rifle A knife attack in Pennsylvania led to an hours-long standoff involving a sniper rifle before police airlifted the suspect to a trauma center and charged him with criminal attempt to commit homicide. Mack Antonoff, 62, has been charged with criminal attempt to commit homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault, and reckless endangerment, Pocono Mountain Regional Police said. Officers responding to a home on the 400 block of Cedar Drive in Long Pond found that Antonoff had tried to stab a woman several times on Thursday, Oct. 20, the department said. The woman suffered minor injuries but wa…

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by Valerie Musson
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Details Released In Hours-Long Lancaster Standoff That Killed Female With Shot To Head: DA Details Released In Hours-Long Lancaster Standoff That Killed Female With Shot To Head: DA
Details Released In Hours-Long Lancaster Standoff That Killed Female With Shot To Head: DA A female was found dead inside of a Lancaster County home where a gunman — who was ultimately arrested — refused to back down in an hours-long standoff with police early Sunday, Sept. 11, authorities said. Police were called to the 2000 block of Swarr Run Road on reports of a shooting involving a domestic violence incident around 1:30 a.m. the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office said. When police arrived, the suspect shot at officers and barricaded himself inside an apartment at the Park City Apartments, the DA said. Lancaster County SERT responded at approximately 2:30 a.…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say UPDATE: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say
Update: Man In 'Mental Distress' Peacefully Surrenders At Hotel In Lehigh Valley, Police Say 7 p.m. UPDATE: A welfare check turned police standoff ended peacefully in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday, April 28, authorities said. Upper Macungie police and the Lehigh County Municipal Emergency Response Team were called to the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Allentown West on Tilghman Street in Allentown on a report of a man in "mental distress," around 10:40 a.m., they said. The unidentified man who had been barricaded in a room eventually exited peacefully, according to police. No further information was provided.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Man Who Shot At Officers Over Mask Refusal Dies At Lehigh County Jail Man Who Shot At Officers Over Mask Refusal Dies At Lehigh County Jail
Man Who Shot At Officers Over Mask Refusal Dies At Lehigh County Jail A man who shot at officers nearly two years ago for refusing to wear a mask has died at the Lehigh County Jail, authorities said. Adam Zaborowski, 37, was found unresponsive in his cell early Friday, April 1, officials said. He was pronounced dead at 7:26 a.m., in the St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus, the Lehigh County Coroner's Office said. Zaborowski was charged with attempted homicide in the August 2020 shooting at Cigar International in Bethlehem, when he refused to wear a mask inside the business and shot the cashier, The Washington Post reports. He fled the sce…

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by Nicole Acosta
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2.5-Hour Police Standoff Ends In PA Man's Suicide 2.5-Hour Police Standoff Ends In PA Man's Suicide
2.5-Hour Police Standoff Ends In PA Man's Suicide A welfare-check turned standoff in central Pennsylvania came to a terrible conclusion on Thursday night, police say. A 24-year-old man took his own life in a home in the 500 block of Bull Run Road in Lower Windsor Township on Mar. 24, area police report. The unnamed man was believed to be having emotional issues, so his friends asked the "department to check on his welfare," the release states. Upon arrival, officers tried to contact him but when they entered the home the officers heard a gunshot on the second floor, according to the release. After that, "other police agencies and the Y…

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by Daily Voice
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Details Released In 6-Hour Chester County Police Standoff Details Released In 6-Hour Chester County Police Standoff
Details Released In 6-Hour Chester County Police Standoff A six-hour standoff with police Monday led to the arrest of an Exton man who shot at officers, authorities said. Christopher Smith, 47, has been charged with multiple counts of attempted homicide, terroristic threats, recklessly endangering another person, and related offenses, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said in a Wednesday news release. He was being uncooperative with West Whiteland police, who arrived at the home on the unit block of Buttonwood Drive around 4:30 p.m. to serve a search warrant, police said. When Smith finally acknowledged the cops, he threaten…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Standoff Ends Peacefully In Exeter Standoff Ends Peacefully In Exeter
Standoff Ends Peacefully In Exeter A Berks County man was arrested uninjured Sunday following a police standoff in Exeter, authorities said. Police were called to a house near Schoffers Road and Route 562 around 2 p.m. after a man called EMS and threatened authorities, according to WFMZ and the Exeter Police Department. This prompted a shelter-in-place order, which was in effect until 5:10 p.m. when the incident was resolved peacefully, police said.

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by Nicole Acosta
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Gunman Killed In Jersey Shore Shootout With Police Identified Gunman Killed In Jersey Shore Shootout With Police Identified
Gunman Killed In Jersey Shore Shootout With Police Identified UPDATE: Authorities on Wednesday identified the out-of-state man who charged at police and was gunned down after he shot and wounded a detective trying to serve a warrant in Long Branch last week. Mark D. Walker II, 34, of Woodbridge, Va. shot the detective in the leg before barricading himself inside the Chelsea Avenue apartment last Friday, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said. Walker was shot and killed after a fire broke out in the house and he came out shooting nearly nine hours later, multiple sources said. The wounded Monmouth County prosecutor's detective was wor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dad Wanted In Drug Deal Sparks SWAT Standoff in Pennsylvania Dad Wanted In Drug Deal Sparks SWAT Standoff in Pennsylvania
Dad Wanted In Drug Deal Sparks SWAT Standoff in Pennsylvania A father of four and wanted criminal attempted to deliver drugs to juveniles and ended up in a standoff on Tuesday, according to police in Cumberland County. Lower Allen Township police were called to a report of a wanted person in an apartment in the 2100 Block of Cedar Run Drive around 3:30 p.m. Upon arrival it became clear that the man was there to deliver drugs to one or more juveniles who were also reportedly in the residence. The suspect was later identified as JC Bodkins, 35, of Mechanicsburg. Bodkins was wanted for numerous traffic offenses as well as possession with intent to del…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Tinder Date With PA Fugitive Woman Feared Would Kill Her, Ends In Standoff In South Carolina Tinder Date With PA Fugitive Woman Feared Would Kill Her, Ends In Standoff In South Carolina
Tinder Date With PA Fugitive Woman Feared Would Kill Her, Ends In Standoff In South Carolina What do a Lancaster County man, Tinder and a standoff have in common? Corry Brooks, 32, of Lancaster, who has been on the run from police since June 25 when he tried to ram police with a car. After a Tinder date went wrong in South Carolina he was apprehended. The Tinder date ended in a more than two-hour-long police standoff at a home on University Forest Drive near Conway, South Carolina on Sunday around 2 p.m., according to Horry County police. After taking Brooks back to her home under unknown circumstances, the South Carolina woman texted her ex-boyfriend who notified police. "He had…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Officer Cleared In East Goshen Police Standoff That Left 34-Year-Old Chester Man Critical Officer Cleared In East Goshen Police Standoff That Left 34-Year-Old Chester Man Critical
Officer Cleared In East Goshen Police Standoff That Left 34-Year-Old Chester Man Critical An officer has been cleared of any wrong-doing in connection to an East Goshen police standoff that left a 34-year-old Chester County man in critical condition last month, authorities announced. Westtown East Goshen police received a call about a suspect who was having a mental health crisis and had threatened to shoot his mother and sister at a home in the 900 block of Cornwallis Drive, around 6:15 p.m. on Feb. 11, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. During an attempt to communicate with the man, he fired approximately 15 rounds from a handgun at West Chester Region…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Chester Man, 34, Critical After East Goshen Police Standoff Chester Man, 34, Critical After East Goshen Police Standoff
Chester Man, 34, Critical After East Goshen Police Standoff A 34-year-old Chester County man is in critical condition after being shot in a police standoff Thursday in East Goshen, authorities said. Westtown East Goshen police received a call about a suspect who was having a mental health crisis and had threatened to shoot his mother and sister at a home in the 900 block of Cornwallis Drive, around 6:15 p.m., according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. The mother and sister were able to safely flee the house to notify police, District Attorney Deborah Ryan said. During an attempt to communicate with the man, he fired …

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by Nicole Acosta