PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A standoff situation in Southwest Philadelphia has ended hours after an armed man barricaded himself in an apartment building.
Police evacuated the building at 48th Street and Chester Avenue around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
Residents told police that a man was pointing a rifle at the doors of apartments in the building.
Neighbors waited outside for hours while police negotiated with the man.
He surrendered to authorities around 7:30 a.m.
