Officer shoots, kills armed man outside St. Christopher’s Hospital, police say

A Philadelphia police officer shot and killed an armed man outside of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, officials said.

On Thursday, July 2, shortly before 10:30 a.m., police received a report of an “irate male” inside St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. When police responded, they were met by security guards who reported a possibly armed man inside the hospital.

Officials said the officers confronted the man outside the hospital along East Erie Avenue shortly after. A woman was also standing near him, according to Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel…

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