Will we get riots?

That’s a typical Philly response by the Usual Suspects when a police officer kills a criminal suspect!

Officer shot in Kensington standoff, suspect shot and killed by police

The officer, 27, was in stable condition and expected to be released from the hospital Wednesday night.

by Juliana Feliciano Reyes and Heather Khalifa | Wednesday, May 31, 2023 | Updated: Thursday, June 1, 2023 | 7:11 AM EDT

A police officer was shot in the hand during a standoff in Kensington Wednesday evening, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said outside Temple University Hospital. The suspect was killed by police.

2800 block of Ruth Street, via Google Maps. Click to enlarge.

Officers were responding to gunshots at a property on the 2800 block of Ruth Street around 7:30 p.m. when they found a man with a gun hiding in a crawl space, Outlaw said. Officers struggled to get him to exit the crawl space and deployed a Taser while doing so, she said.

“The Taser, to our knowledge, was not effective for whatever reason,” Outlaw said.

Perhaps hiding in a crawl space, perhaps not the best plan.

The 2800 block of Ruth Street isn’t exactly a high-class neighborhood, running parallel, one block away, to Kensington Avenue, a few blocks down from the Allegheny Avenue SEPTA station. While there are no homes currently listed for sale on Ruth Street, Zillow lists 2824 Ruth Street as off-market, but valued at only $82,000.

The suspect attempted to take the Taser, she said.

While the order of events is unclear and pending an investigation, Outlaw said that at some point officers heard a shot and saw an officer fall to the ground. Three police officers fired at the suspect and at least one hit him.

SWAT subsequently entered the building, found the suspect in the crawl space, and he was pronounced dead, Outlaw said.

There is a little bit more in the story, but not a lot, not yet, anyway.

Me, I’m sure, sure! that the deceased was actually trying very diligently to get his life in order, and start to live a decent and respectable life.