Overview
- Officers responded to a reported disturbance shortly before 10:30 a.m. Thursday at a bus stop by the hospital’s emergency driveway and say they shot a man after he tried to pull out a gun; the man was taken to a hospital and died.
- St. Christopher’s activated safety protocols and placed the building on a temporary lockdown that was later lifted while the hospital and outlets issued conflicting statements about which entrances were open.
- Police have not released the officer’s name or rank, say a single officer fired, and recovered a firearm at the scene while investigators work to determine whether the man fired any shots.
- Philadelphia’s police commissioner told reporters a woman standing near the scene was hurt and taken to a hospital and is expected to survive, a detail not confirmed in every report.
- The shooting follows two recent violent incidents that drew heavy review of police use of force and hospital security, including a June 14 officer-involved exchange in West Philadelphia and a June 16 targeted shooting at a Wilmington hospital.