Posted on 02/07/2024 6:33:11 PM PST by bitt
A community is in distress following a harrowing incident that unfolded on Wednesday in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, where eight people, including children, are feared missing after a suspect set a house on fire and engaged in a shootout that resulted in two police officers being wounded.
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer expressed deep concern about the possibility of fatalities within the charred remains of the home.
“Our fear is there may be multiple people inside that home who have died,” Stollsteimer stated during a press briefing, per abc11.
“We don’t know yet whether or not we can confirm or deny that until we get inside and methodically go through the debris that that house is now.”
The chaotic sequence of events began with a response to a distressing call about an 11-year-old potentially shot, a detail which remains unverified. Upon arrival at approximately 3:45 p.m., officers were immediately met with gunfire from the shooter inside a house, as recounted by local crossing guard and witness Sharon Johnson to NBC10.
“I was there, a cop came flying around the corner,” Sharon Johnson said. “He got out and then he’s in front of the house talking to two people. And then all of a sudden I heard six or seven gunshots. Cops got down on the ground and I ran and took off.”
Both officers, each a 22-year veteran of the force, sustained gunshot wounds; one to the arm and the other to the leg. Margie McAboy, a representative for the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office, confirmed their stable condition.
While the officers were being rescued, the situation took another dire turn as the house caught fire. The fire and ongoing threat from the shooter prevented firefighters from addressing the flames immediately, leading to an intense standoff that necessitated a large-scale evacuation and the deployment of additional law enforcement and emergency services.
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This used to be unheard of rare. Seems like there’s one every month now.
I did some work around the way from there. Next to St Charles.
DelCo is getting worse and worse.
If this many people had been killed in a sxhool shooting, flags would be lowered nationwide to drill antigun propaganda into the public’s perceptiin. But I’m not expecting flags to be lowered in this case.
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