Gun Backfires As Man Terrorizes Ex-GF, Family In Bucks County: Police
When Donte Powell pulled the trigger of a gun that he moments before held to his ex-girlfriend's head, nothing happened, authorities in Bucks County said.
The magazine had fallen from the firearm that Powell was pointing up the stairs of his ex's Bensalem home last Saturday May 20, and a safety mechanism wouldn't allow it to fire, police said.
Still, he tried again. And again after that.
That's when someone pushed Powell out of the home, and he fled. It wasn't long before he was captured with help from a SWAT Team, though, at a home on the 100 Old York Road in Jenkintown, authorities said.…
14-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Gunfight With Police In Philadelphia Neighborhood
A pair of Philadelphia police officers returned fire at a 65-year-old suspect who shot at them during a 14-hour standoff over the weekend, authorities tell Daily Voice.
Officers were initially called to the 400 block of W. Bringhurst Street on reports of an armed man around 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29, police tell Daily Voice. Soon after, police heard one shot, left the house, set up a perimeter, and declared a barricade.
After nine hours of negotiations, the man said he wasn't going to leave the property. Officers lost communication with the man for several hours, and so, on Sunday morn…