{"id":160546,"date":"2026-04-08T16:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160546\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:01:08","slug":"armed-man-killed-in-standoff-after-breaking-into-home-in-collingdale-pennsylvania-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/160546\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed man killed in standoff after breaking into home in Collingdale, Pennsylvania, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man who broke into a home in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday night is dead after a standoff with police disrupted an attempted burglary, a law enforcement source tells CBS News Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

SWAT teams were called out to Rhodes Avenue in Collingdale around 9:30 p.m. after someone watching the home on Ring cameras reported seeing two masked and armed men breaking and entering the residence.<\/p>\n

It’s not clear what the suspects wanted to steal from the home.<\/p>\n

With the suspects inside and police outside, a standoff ensued for several hours. During that, police deployed a pepper spray canister that sparked a fire.<\/p>\n

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Citizen<\/p>\n

As the home filled with smoke, one of the suspected burglars left the house and was taken into custody. The second suspect never came out and was later pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

The incident is under investigation by the Delaware County District Attorney’s office and Collingdale police, the source said.<\/p>\n

The source said the home was being leased by a Radnor middle school teacher who is in custody on child sexual assault charges<\/a>. That man \u2014 43-year-old Michael Robinson \u2014 was arrested in late February on a warrant out of Texas, and was set to be extradited.<\/p>\n

U.S. Marshals had said Robinson traveled to Tyler, Texas, in August 2024 to meet a minor under 15 years old whom he met online and allegedly sexually assaulted them over the course of a weekend. <\/p>\n

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