Man Who Opened Fire On Parole Officers Serving Warrant Killed During Shootout With SWAT: Police

Greg Argos reports.

EISENBERG WERE ON.COUNSELORS WILL BE AVAILABLEUNTIL THE COLONIAL SCHOOLDISTRICT TOMORROW.FROM OVER HERE, THEN YOU HEARANOTHER THREE SHOTS GO OFF OVERTHERE.LIKE MA SHEEN GUNS.IT SOUNDED LIKE A WAR ZONE INNORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA THISAFTERNOON A MAN WAS KILLED IN ASHOOTOUT WITH SWAT.WE REPORTED THE BREAKING DETAILSOF THE DEADLY STANDOFF ONEYEWITNESS NEWS AT 4:00 ANDHOURS LATER POLICE ARE STILL ONHAWTHORNE STREET IN FRANKFORDCOLLECTING EVIDENCE.GREG ARGOS IS THERE AS WELLTONIGHT WITH OUR COVERAGE.GREG?Reporter: AND, UKEE, MORETHAN 75 SHOTS FIRED BY POLICE,THE SUSPECT AND SWAT MEMBERSSTILL NOW SOME NINE HOURS AFTERTHIS ALL BEGAN AS AN ACTIVESCENE HERE IN THE FRANKFORDSECTION OF PHILADELPHIA HOURSAFTER THE SHOOT OUT HERE INBROAD DAYLIGHT KNOCKED THISNEIGHBORHOOD: .Reporter: SECONDS LATER, THATBARRICADE SITUATION HERE IN THEFRANKFORD SECTION OFPHILADELPHIA TURNED MUCH MORESERIOUS.SHOTS FIRED, SHOTS FIRED.REPORTER: PHILADELPHIA SWATAND DOZENS OF OFFICERS ARRIVINGHERE ON THE 4600 BLOCK OFHAWTHORNE STREET AROUND 1:00O'CLOCK THURSDAY AFTERNOON.INSIDE A HOME THERE POLICE SAY AMAN OPENED FIRE ON TWO PAROLEOFFICERS AS THEY TRIED TO SERVEAN ARREST WARRANT.SHOTS FIRED FROM INSIDE THEHOUSE.SUBJECTS ARE STILL INSIDE THEReporter: AT ONE POINT POLICESAY THE SUSPECT SHOT AT THEMFROM THE SECOND FLOOR OF THEHOME.SWAT THEN RETURNED FIRE.WAS STRUCK, WE WERE WAITINGTO SPEAK TO THE MALE, WAS UNABLETO DO THAT.WE HAD TO TAKE THE DOOR TOENSURE THAT THE MALE WAS GOINGTO GET THE SERVICES THAT HENEEDED AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED AT2:52 BY --THEY WERE NEGOTIATING FOR HIMTO COME OUT, THEY WERE.AND HE KEPT SHOOTING.KEPT DOING WHAT HE WANTED TODO.HE WASN'T GOING BACK TO JAILTHAT'S WHAT HE SAID SO NOW HE'SIN THE MORGUE.THIS MIDDAY SHOOTING SHAKINGTHOSE WHO LIVE NEARBY.I TOOK MY GRANDSON INTO THEBATHROOM AND PUT HIM IN A TUB.INCLUDING THESE NEIGHBORS WHOLIVE JUST A FEW DOORS DOWN.I'M READY TO GO.EMMA HE READY TO GO.WHEN YOU SEE THINGS LIKE THATHAPPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHEREYOU'RE CLOSE, YOU'RE NO.

SAFE.WITH THE KIDS OUT HERE PLAYING,IT COULD HAVE TURNED A DIFFERENTWAY.BACK HERE LIVE, YOU CAN SEEBOTH INVESTIGATORS AND POLICEINSPECTING HOMES ON BOTH SIDESOF THE STREET WHERE THISSHOOTOUT TOOK PLACE.WE DO NOT KNOW TONIGHT EXACTLYHOW MANY OFFICERS FIRED UPON THESUSPECT.AND RIGHT NOW POLICE HAVE NOTYET RELEASED THAT SUSPECT'SNAME.