{"id":306948,"date":"2026-10-15T04:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T04:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306948\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T04:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T04:10:09","slug":"man-killed-following-armed-confrontation-along-ben-franklin-parkway-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306948\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed following armed confrontation along Ben Franklin Parkway identified"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Philadelphia Police Department released new details Wednesday after a man was shot and killed while <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/heavy-police-presence-ben-franklin-parkway-center-city-philadelphia-report-shots-fired\/19925019\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">allegedly firing a gun in Center City.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The incident happened around 11 a.m. on Oct. 9 near 21st Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police identified the man involved as 60-year-old William Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Chopper 6 was over police activity on Ben Franklin Parkway<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to investigators, Austin was seen holding a revolver and pointing it in multiple directions, including toward responding officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">READ MORE | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/post\/heavy-police-presence-ben-franklin-parkway-center-city-philadelphia-report-shots-fired\/19925019\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man shot, killed by police after confrontation along Ben Franklin Parkway in Center City<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police said officers attempted to resolve the situation peacefully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;During those efforts, the male repeatedly pointed the firearm toward himself and responding officers,&#8221; the department said in a statement. &#8220;After several minutes, the male placed the firearm on the ground but retrieved it approximately one minute later. The male subsequently discharged the firearm toward the ground and then raised and pointed it toward responding officers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said a SEPTA police officer and a Philadelphia police officer each fired one round in response, striking Austin twice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Austin was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No officers were injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators recovered a .357-caliber revolver containing three spent shell casings and three live rounds at the scene.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792037409_181_19925163_100926-wpvi-suspect-gun-on-ground-parkway-shooting-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Philadelphia police officer who fired his weapon was identified as 38-year-old Eric Lee, a 13-year veteran assigned to the Counter Terrorism Unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Lee has been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The SEPTA officer involved has not been publicly identified.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; The Philadelphia Police Department released new details Wednesday after a man was shot and killed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[125892,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-306948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-125892","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}