A man was shot and killed by Philadelphia Police in the city’s Cobbs Creek neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Police said the shooting happened around 7 a.m. on the 5400 block of Webster Street in West Philly, about a block away from the Christy Rec Center.
Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said officers from the 18th District were responding to a radio call about a person with a weapon when they encountered the man sitting on a front porch. Vanore said there was a “confrontation” between the man and officer, and while he couldn’t confirm who shot first, he said investigators believe the man fired the first shots.
The officer returned fire and hit the victim once, Vanore said. The man, who officers believe was 75-years-old, was taken Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later.
Vanore said the officer’s body camera was activated at the time of the shooting, and investigators are looking for witnesses and other video from the area.
“There’s a lot of work that has to be done until we know definitely what occurred,” Vanore said.
No one else was injured in the incident and a gun was recovered at the scene.
Video from Chopper 3 showed a heavy police presence on the residential block Tuesday morning and multiple crime scene tape barriers in place across the street.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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