NICETOWN - Authorities say a man has barricaded himself inside a Nicetown apartment building with a gun and has refused to come out.According to police, the incident is unfolding at the Nicetown Court apartments on the 4300 block of Germantown Avenue.
Police say officers were serving a warrant for homicide when they encountered a man with a gun who threatened self-harm. The situation was declared a barricade just after 6 a.m.A heavy police presence is on the scene.