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PHILADELPHIA – A man has died after exchanging gunfire with police officers outside of his home early Tuesday morning, according to Philadelphia Police.<\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
Two officers were sent to the 5400 block of Webster Street on Tuesday around 7 a.m. after a radio call for a person with a weapon and a report of a family being held hostage, according to the Philadelphia Police Department. Police say the 911 call came from a phone registered to the man who was later shot.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, the man was on his porch.<\/p>\n
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Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said, “One of the officers exits the vehicle and approaches the male. At that point, there\u2019s a confrontation between the two. A shot is fired, the officer took cover.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police say the officers returned fire, hitting the man once.<\/p>\n
The man was taken to Penn Presbyterian, where he died just after 7:30 a.m., according to Vanore.<\/p>\n
Police later identified the man as 75-year-old Anthony McKinley.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The officer involved in the shooting is a 26-year-old woman who was assigned to the 18th District, police say. She has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Community reaction and aftermath <\/p>\n
Neighbors described the man as quiet and say he kept to himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“He\u2019d come out on his porch area in the morning, drink his coffee, feed the birds and everything,” said Shihee Hatchett, a block resident. “He\u2019s an old veteran. He had never showed signs of aggression.”<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m still shocked, like this literally just happened right in front of me,” said a neighbor not wanting to be on camera. “Like in front of my house.”<\/p>\n
Sheryl Gray, who lives two doors down, said, “I was in the bathroom getting ready for my appointment and I heard two shots. It was kind of back-to-back two shots.”<\/p>\n
Hatchett added, “Nobody on this block disliked that man. That man was just a good man. If I could trade him to be my father, I\u2019d let him be my father.”<\/p>\n
Later in the morning, decontamination technicians were seen cleaning up the scene. A family lawyer also stopped by the home.<\/p>\n
A Taurus revolver, was recovered from the man, body-worn cameras were activated and captured portions of the encounter and police collected additional evidence and video from the scene.<\/p>\n
What we don’t know:<\/p>\n
Police have not released the full body camera footage or additional details about the 911 call.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The status of the reported family or any potential hostages has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n
Details about what led to the confrontation and the results of the ongoing investigation have not been shared.<\/p>\n
The Source: Information from Philadelphia Police and interviews with neighbors.<\/p>\n
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