Crime & Safety
Teen Taken Into Custody After Barricade Situation: Philly Police
Police were called to the area for a report of a gunpoint robbery and then declared a barricade situation at 6:40 p.m. due to an armed man.
PHILADELPHIA — A teenager was taken into custody Wednesday night following a barricade situation on the 4900 block of North Seventh Street, Philadelphia Police said.
Police were called to the area for a report of a gunpoint robbery and then declared a barricade situation at 6:40 p.m. due to an armed man in a home.
Just after 7 p.m., SWAT team members cleared the home and took a 15-year-old boy into custody.
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Police did not provide further details on the incident.
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