Police Officers Harassed During Long Standoff with Shooter in Philadelphia, Video Shows

Police Officers Harassed During Long Standoff with Shooter in Philadelphia, Video Shows
Police officers gather for crowd control during a shooting investigation in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. Joe Lamberti/Camden Courier-Post via AP
Simon Veazey
Updated:

Philadelphia police officers were harassed by a crowd gathered on the street during the long standoff with an illegally armed man who shot six officers, according to a reporter on the scene and recorded on video.

Local residents, some unable to return home, mixed with officers behind cordons on Aug. 14 during the eight-hour incident during which gunfire rattled up and down the streets of Nicetown-Tiago, before the gunman, who had taken two hostages, finally surrendered unharmed.

Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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