UPDATE: A SEPTA transit police officer was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The man suspected of shooting two women in the city’s Frankford section was found dead inside an apartment building where he had barricaded himself.
A SEPTA transit police officer was hospitalized in critical but stable condition after a gun battle erupted Wednesday evening between police and a man suspected of shooting two women in the city’s Frankford section.
A man believed to be the shooting suspect ran into a property on the 4700 block of Leiper Street and began firing shots from a window at officers outside, police said.The wounded SEPTA transit police officer — who is 28 years old and has been with the force for three years — was transported to Temple University Hospital.
SEPTA Transit Police Chief Thomas J. Nestel III told the media at the Temple hospital that the officer was expected to recover.Joining Nestel for his briefing were city Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and state Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Mayor Jim Kenney also visited the hospital.
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