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