Multiple people, including children, are unaccounted for following a house fire and shooting that wounded two police officers Wednesday at a suburban Philadelphia home, authorities said.
Officers from East Lansdowne, Lansdowne, and Upper Darby responded to a 911 call reporting that an 11-year-old girl had been shot Wednesday afternoon, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said. After arriving at a house in East Lansdowne, about 5 miles west of downtown Philadelphia, Stollsteimer said officers “immediately” came under gunfire from the property.
Two officers were injured, including one who was shot in the arm and other in the leg, officials said. Stollsteimer declined to identify the officers, citing privacy, but said they worked for the East Lansdowne and Lansdowne departments.
The three-story house was then set on fire by an “individual inside,” he said. Large flames were seen rising from the roof and top floor of the property before spreading to the lower levels, gutting the structure.