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Officers respond to armed person near Cobbs Creek

Heard on: Philadelphia PA Law Dispatch Group Calls
01:18
00:00
We're trying to get him to drop a knife now.
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Cobbs Creek, Philadelphia, PA 19143
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police units in Philadelphia’s 18th District responded to a situation near Cobbs Creek involving a man reportedly armed with a knife and expressing suicidal thoughts. Officers worked to persuade him to drop the weapon and took the person into custody after efforts at the scene. The event appears to have been contained without further incident.

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