3 Philadelphia officers injured in shooting after dispute about video game, police say; Suspect dead

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three Philadelphia cops responding to a house the place individuals had been arguing a few online game had been wounded in a shootout Wednesday night, authorities stated.

Performing Police Commissioner John Stanford instructed reporters the suspect was killed. The officers had been taken to an space hospital, the place they had been in secure situation.

Stanford stated officers had been dispatched to the residence shortly after 7 p.m. A 12-year-old boy stated his father had shot his uncle following a dispute a few online game, FOX 29 reported.

The boy and the uncle known as police.

Stanford stated when police arrived the daddy opened hearth. The person was killed when officers returned hearth, he stated.

The uncle was hospitalized in essential situation.

Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson stated on on X, previously often known as Twitter, that she was “deeply saddened and really indignant to be taught of the taking pictures of three Philadelphia Police Officers in Northeast Philadelphia.”