KENSINGTON - Gunshots fired inside a Kensington home ended with a suspect dead and an officer shot in the hand.Officers were called to the 2800 block of Ruth Street, in Philadelphia's Kensington section, just before 7 p.m.
on a report of gunshots.When they arrived, they realized a commotion was taking place inside a residence. Officers entered the property as people were leaving, officials said.In a search of the property, the officers found a man in a crawl space.
They commanded him to leave the crawl space and, authorities say, the man refused.An officer deployed a taser, but it wasn’t effective and the man tried to take the taser from the officer.
That’s when, officials say, the other officers on scene heard gunshots and saw the officer fall.Two additional officers and a sergeant fired their service weapons.