'Nothing short of a miracle': Dramatic standoff with Philadelphia gunman ends with no loss of life

Posted on AllSides August 15th, 2019
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Violence in America, Philadelphia, police, standoff

Throughout a seven-hour gun battle that turned a Philadelphia neighborhood into a war-zone and left six officers injured, the goal was "preservation of life," police commissioner Richard Ross said, explaining a day of intense gunfire and tear gas salvos before the gunman surrendered early Thursday.

At one point, with hundreds of officers pinned down by erratic gunfire, a SWAT team rescued two officers trapped upstairs with handcuffed prisoners in the north Philadelphia home.

In the end, the police tactics worked as the shooter, with his hands up, was driven...

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/15/philadelphia-standoff-gunman-surrenders-6-officers-injured/2017086001/

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