Overview
- Police say they responded to a report of a person with a weapon on the 5400 block of Webster Street in West Philadelphia.
- Officers encountered a 75-year-old man on a front porch with a gun, and a rapid confrontation followed.
- Two shots were fired in the exchange, and police say their early read is the man fired first and the female officer returned fire.
- The man was hit and died at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and the officer was not injured.
- Investigators are gathering witness statements, seeking video, and reviewing body-camera footage, and the officer is on administrative duty as the department prepares an update later this week.