PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police have released new information after officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man they witnessed fatally stabbing his aunt earlier this week.
The incident happened Tuesday, at 3:45 p.m. on the 2000 block of South Beechwood Street in Feltonville.Officers responded to a radio call for a person with a weapon, and met with a witness who told that that her son, 36-year-old Thomas Maisano, was inside a home and armed with a knife.
The witness also told officers that her sister, 72-year-old Josephine Duggan, was also inside.Police say the four responding officers entered the home and saw Maisano on the second floor in possession of a knife.
The officers attempted to talk to him, but were unable to convince him to drop the weapon. That’s when investigators say Maisano entered a front bedroom and a commotion could be heard.