Shootout reported in Swarthmore ... sort of
Police received the call around dinnertime last Tuesday. A caller reported that a shootout was underway. Backup was called. Guns were drawn. Turns out, it was two kids with BB guns. Their parents picked them up.
Shootout reported in Swarthmore ... sort of
William Bender
For a moment, I thought we might've had some real crime to report in sleepy Swarthmore, a leafy, lefty little borough in Delaware County where you're more likely to have your begonias trampled on than catch a stray bullet.
The call came in around dinnertime last Tuesday. Someone told police that a shootout was underway in front of a house on the 400 block of Michigan Avenue.
"The caller stated one subject had a hand gun and the other a shotgun and they were firing at each other," according to a police statement released today.
Oh, sh-t!
"Additional backup was requested," police said.
When cops arrived on the scene, they found one subject lying on top of the other, and a black handgun was on the ground. Did they shoot each other simultaneously? Are they both dead?
"Officers drew their weapons and ordered the males to show their hands," the police statement reads.
Turns out, it was just two kids. With BB guns. Their parents picked them up.
Now, back to that psycho who's been stealing plants in Swarthmore ...
That is abig deal in Swarthmore!— unbelieveable!- Thansk for wasting my time.— Freddy
Holy Sylvia Seegrist.- Really? First you publish a FAKE news story then you can print,
"Oh sh-t!!??? This site is worse than a high school gazette...when you fools set up a paywall and no one pays for it, look around at the idiots you're paying to replace journalism with The Yearbook Society.— Ecks - Worthless article.....and hopefully the parents paid the price, the weapons were confiscated and the parents had to do community service for thier incredibly stupid child raising of biff and cliff....— nuggett
- The person that called 911 should be arrested for making a false police report.— Taxpaying Voter
- This will probably earn another Pulitzer for the paper. Real investigative journyman, ops I mean journalism.— junethe4th
- Please treat this with the seriousness this deserves. Pellet and Airsoft guns have exploded in popularity in the last decade. Sold as toys, they are increasingly realistic replicas that in many cases can only be differentiated from firearms after picking them up and attempting to unload them. The children who obtain these toys need to be taught proper gun safety. They should not be shooting them in their yards. These kids could easily have been shot by police officers.— Pelti
- Thanks, Mr Bender!!!!! You just planted a news item that could be the worst ersatz piece of fluff with an alarming title seen here in a long time. Keep us posted on the begonia bandit, please!— DonQ
- Wrong, "Coetta," It's the cowardly censors here at PhillyNews that wont print comments about the obvious.— Karolus Magnus
- Taxpaying Voter, without the 911 call, one of those kids might have lost an eye. Let me guess, your libertarian dogma says that the kids should have been allowed to play out their "state of nature" without governmental interference, the possible loss of an eye out-weighed by you having to pay your penny share for the gas for the police car.— person
- bb guns can do a lot of harm...I can't believe idiotic parents that allow their children to have them.— Lil Bobby
