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Police: Armed Man Barricades Himself Inside Port Richmond Building

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A man armed with a rifle barricaded himself inside a building in the city's Port Richmond neighborhood Monday afternoon, according to authorities.

A little before 4 p.m., Philadelphia police and a SWAT team responded to the scene in the 3200 block of Frankford Avenue after a witness reported seeing a man brandishing a weapon through a window on the third floor of the building.

Officers worked to remove all uninvolved occupants safely out of the building.

No injuries were reported.

There is no other information at this time.

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