EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (CBS) — Videos from Lewis Avenue in East Lansdowne show a police officer in the street after being shot, and other officers coming to his rescue, with one giving him cover with a ballistic shield.
The harrowing videos were filmed by a neighbor Wednesday after police arrived at a home in the Delaware County town responding to a 911 call. Two officers were hit by gunfire, leading to more police arriving at the scene.
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The home where the shots came from caught fire during the incident.
Neighbor Derrick Richardson captured some moments from the incident in videos posted on TikTok. In those videos, gunshots can be heard and officers can be seen taking cover behind parked cars and later, a SWAT vehicle.
Richardson spoke to CBS News Philadelphia early Thursday morning.
“I saw the SWAT team, they were parked up on my lawn,” Richardson said. “They packed into the back of the SWAT vehicle. I think they were attempting to use the SWAT vehicle as a shield. But the fire, it got to be, it was just out of control.”