At the least six individuals, together with youngsters, have been unaccounted for in a home fireplace in southeastern Pennsylvania the place two cops have been shot on Wednesday afternoon, the authorities mentioned.
Jack Stollsteimer, the Delaware County district lawyer, mentioned at a information convention that cops responded to a name at 3:47 p.m. reporting that an 11-year-old lady had been shot at a home in East Lansdowne, Pa., simply west of Philadelphia.
Shortly after the police arrived on the home, at 58 Lewis Road, two officers have been shot, Mr. Stollsteimer mentioned. It was unclear who had shot on the police, however the officers have been anticipated to be “completely high quality,” the district lawyer mentioned.
A short while later, the home went up in flames, Mr. Stollsteimer mentioned, including that it was unclear what had brought about the fireplace. He mentioned the authorities feared that there have been individuals inside the house. Six to eight individuals had been unaccounted for, Mr. Stollsteimer mentioned.
“It’s our horrible worry that they could be inside that home when it was burned,” he mentioned. “We’re hopeful that that isn’t true.”
Mr. Stollsteimer mentioned that officers and firefighters wouldn’t be capable of enter the house till the fireplace was fully extinguished, and would almost definitely have to attend till the morning to know whether or not individuals have been inside the house when it went up in flames.
“The hearth remains to be burning,” he mentioned on Wednesday night time. “It’s smoldering at this level, nevertheless it’s nonetheless to harmful of us to go inside.” He added: “It’s simply burned out, hallow at this level.”
