SWAT Officers converged on the property where the suspect was held up. PHILADELPHIA –Authorities say a SEPTA police officer is in stable condition after a double shooting lead to a shootout with police at a property in Frankford Wednesday night.Sergeant Eric Gripp told reporters that officers near the Arrott Transportation Center heard gunshot around 7 p.m.
Police found two women, 57 and 42, with gunshot wounds to the hip-area near the intersection of Griscom and Arrott streets. Those women are expected to recover.
Police chased the armed suspect to a property on the 4700 block of Leiper Street where he barricaded himself inside and fired at police from different floors, Gripp said.During the gunfight, SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel told reporters that a Philadelphia police officer became pinned down behind a small wall.
Nestel said a SEPTA police officer, who is also a SWAT team member, drew his assault weapon and charged at the gunman providing covering fire to free the trapped officer.