On February 7, 2024, two police officers were shot while responding to reports about a shooting in a home in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
[5] Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt said that his officers took one of the wounded into a patrol car, while the other was dragged into an ambulance.
[7] Investigations concluded that the shooting started after the perpetrator got into an argument with his niece before entering his bedroom on the second floor and retrieving a Diamondback DB-15 semiautomatic pistol.
[1] Flames were initially seen from the top floor and roof, but then spread to the lower levels and engulfed the house completely, causing it to collapse.
[citation needed] When investigators initially searched the home, they found a rifle and three bodies, one of which was suspected to be the gunman and the other two were of children.
[18] Authorities were likely going to have to rely on dental records to identify the dead, according to Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer.
[19] Heavy machinery was moved into the neighborhood, and the remains of the walls left standing after the fire were torn down by an excavator, which scooped debris to be sifted by investigators.
[20] A woman who claimed to be Chin Le, the mother of the alleged shooter, admitted her son Canh was the perpetrator of the shooting.
[17] According to The Inquirer, the shooter's father, Huong Le, made the 9-1-1 call before fleeing with his wife to safety as police arrived.