Police say two officers returned fire on a woman who had fired several shots at them in South Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA - Police responding to reports of shots fired in a South Philadelphia neighborhood encountered a woman who authorities say opened fire on the officers, sparking a shootout that left her and a man wounded.
According to police, two uniformed officers heard people firing gunshots in the backyard of a home on the 1500 block of Bailey Street early Friday and tried to enter the area through an alleyway.
They saw a man and a woman outside a home, and authorities say the woman immediately began firing several shots at the officers.