Crime & Safety
WATCH: Ring Video Shows Moment Philadelphia Cop Shooting Began
A resident's doorbell camera captured the moment that started a roughly seven-and-a-half-hour-long shooting and standoff situation.
PHILADELPHIA — A doorbell camera on the same block where a six Philadelphia Police officers were shot during a lengthy standoff situation captured the moment when it all began Wednesday around 4:30 p.m.
A resident on the 3600 block of North 15th Street's Ring doorbell camera was recording when officers were in the neighborhood to serve a search warrant as part of a narcotics investigation.
All of the six officers who were shot were released from the hospital Wednesday night.
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More than 100 shots were fired at police, allegedly by 36-year-old Maurice Hill of Philadelphia, as the situation unfolded in the city's Nicetown section.
Eventually, the gunman surrendered to police after teargas was used to draw him out.
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Watch the dramatic footage that kicked off the tense situation below:
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