Armed standoff in Bensalem
Posted in News on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 3:22 pm by Courier Times staff writer Danny Adler
This photo was taken by crime reporter Matt Coughlin at the armed standoff in Bensalem.
Bensalem police are rerouting traffic away from the Brookwood community off Hulmeville and Street roads at this hour, officials said.
The neighborhood is a mix of single family homes and an apartment complex.
The police are in a standoff with an armed man in one of the apartments, according to officials.
No injuries have been reported.
Bensalem School District has instituted an “exterior lockdown†at the nearby Robert K. Shafer and Cecelia Snyder middle schools and Benjamin Rush Elementary School until further notice, a district spokeswoman said.
That means no students are allowed outside the school buildings.
District officials also are trying to determine if school buses will be able to bring high school level students home to that area, the spokeswoman said. If not, the district will provide shelter for the kids until the situation is resolved, she said.
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Man Barricaded in Home; Police Evacuate Area
By VINCE LATTANZIO –
Updated 5:48 PM EDT, Thu, Sep 10, 2009
The situation is happening in a home along Brookwood Road near Hulmville Road. Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution and area schools were told to keep the children inside, police said.
The man blocked himself in the home after a domestic disturbance, police said. Officer’s from the township’s SWATÂ Team are on the scene.
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Standoff ends peacefully in Bensalem
Posted in News on Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 7:18 pm by Crime reporter Ben Finley
After a four-hour standoff that involved the SWAT team, Bensalem police negotiators and the county detective’s robotic device, a 27-year-old Bensalem man threatening to kill himself surrendered to police at 6:30 p.m., Bensalem Public Safety Director Fred Harran said.
The man was believed to be armed with a shotgun and had mental health issues, Harran said. The man had threatened to kill himself via text messages to his girlfriend, Harran said. He also had several previous contacts with police.
No one was harmed in the standoff on the 1600 block of Brookwood Drive, which is near the intersection of Street and Hulmeville roads.
The standoff prevented some people in the neighborhood from going to their homes, which were evacuated. Also, some school children who lived in the Brookwood neighborhood were unable to go home. Those attending Bensalem schools stayed at school during the standoff while those attending other schools who lived in Brookwood had and had to be picked up by their parents.
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Man holds police at bay in suburban Philadelphia
BENSALEM, Pa.—Police have evacuated a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood because a man who claims to be armed is in a standoff with police.
Bensalem police got a call about a man with a gun Thursday afternoon. The man locked himself inside a house and the standoff went on for several hours with no shots fired and no injuries reported.
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Sep 10 2009
Ok, so I live in Bensalem,PA and there was just some type of shooting around my school like 1 hour ago… I’m scared as ****.
I was in Spanish and we heard like loud noises (gunshots) and then our teacher told us to duck down and there was a lockdown..
Now im at home and im scared as shiit everyone I know has no-idea whats going on either..
I saw police cars, ambulances, and swat armored trucks passing my school.
So, I’m home alone and the only upside to this is I got home earlier than usual..
And no this is not any type of troll or spam I’m serious…….
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Bensalem standoff leads to evacuations
BENSALEM, Pa. (AP) -September 10, 2009 — Police have evacuated a suburban Philadelphia neighborhood because a man who claims to be armed is in a standoff with police.
Bensalem police got a call about a man with a gun Thursday afternoon. The man locked himself inside a house and the standoff went on for several hours with no shots fired and no injuries reported.
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Bensalem standoff ends after four hours
Posted in News on September 10th, 2009 at 7:57 pm by staff photographer Steve Gengler
Bensalem police were involved in a 4-hour standoff with 27-year-old Bensalem man threatening to kill himself at his Brookwood Drive home before eventually surrendering to police at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday evening. above Police wait along Brookwood Drive outside the home. left Police speak to a man in handcuffs after the standoff. Steve Gengler / Staff Photographer
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Philadelphia-area police standoff ends peacefully
BENSALEM, Pa. – A man who had locked himself in a suburban Philadelphia home and threatened to kill himself has surrenderd to police after a four-hour standoff.
Bensalem Public Safety Director Fred Harran says the 27-year-old man who made the threats Thursday was believed to have a shotgun and was thought to have mental problems.
He eventually surrendered peacefully and no injuries were reported. The neighborhood was evacuated while the standoff was in progress.
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Man Arrested After Barricading Self in Home
By VINCE LATTANZIO
Updated 8:52 PM EDT, Thu, Sep 10, 2009
An armed man was taken into custody after barricading himself in a Bensalem, Pa. home Thursday afternoon.
The situation happened in a home along Brookwood Road near Hulmville Road around 3:30 p.m., police said. Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution and area schools were told to keep the children inside, police said.
The man blocked himself in the home after a domestic disturbance, police said.
SWATÂ officers took the suspect into custody around 6 p.m. No injuries were reported and no word on if he will be charged.