A suspect has been taken into custody after injuring six officers in a shootout in the US city of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
The officers were serving a drugs warrant at a home\u00a0 when the gunman opened fire.<\/p>\n
The suspect barricaded himself inside a building during the operation in Philadelphia’s Nicetown-Tiago neighbourhood, when officers entered the home to serve a search warrant and were met with gunfire.<\/p>\n
The suspect was reportedly armed with a semi-automatic rifle and several handguns.<\/p>\n
Two officers and three other people who had been trapped in the building with the shooter were freed after several hours.<\/p>\n
A seventh officer, who was injured in a car crash while responding to the shooting, remains in the hospital.<\/p>\n
The suspect’s identity has not yet been released.<\/p>\n
Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the Swat team “were able to use stealth” to safely evacuate the officers from a “hostage situation”.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump was briefed on the shooting, deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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