PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — A man who was shot by police during an armed confrontation in West Philadelphia has died, officials said on Saturday, October 24, in reporting by CBS News Philadelphia. Police said the man pointed a gun at himself and at officers before police fired their weapons.
Source: CBS News Philadelphia
Officers had responded to the 5100 block of Funston Street after a resident flagged them down about an armed man. They found the man in the street with a gun pointed at his head and tried to talk him into dropping the weapon, according to the police account reported by Particle News, which aggregates local reporting.
Moments later, police said, the man pointed the gun at officers, and seven officers — including three supervisors — discharged their weapons. The man was shot multiple times and was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition before officials confirmed on Saturday that he had died. His name had not been released in the reporting available on Saturday night.
The seven officers who fired have been placed on administrative leave under department policy, and the Philadelphia Police Department has opened a formal investigation. The probe will also examine a domestic call to the same address on the prior night, and investigators are expected to review body-camera footage, weapons and witness interviews.
The police account of the confrontation is the department's version of events and remains under investigation; no independent finding on the shooting had been announced as of Saturday night.