A man was shot and killed by Philadelphia Police in the city’s Cobbs Creek neighborhood Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“There’s a lot of work that has to be done until we know definitely what occurred,” Vanore said.<\/p>\n
No one else was injured in the incident and a gun was recovered at the scene.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/p>\n
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