Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer speaks to the media on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, outside Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. - Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
PHILADELPHIA — Two police officers were shot Wednesday afternoon in East Lansdowne while responding to reports that an 11-year-old girl had been shot inside a home that later burst into flames. And later Wednesday, as investigators struggled to piece together what led to the shooting, they said that as many as eight members of the family that lived inside the home — children and adults — were unaccounted for. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said the home was still smoldering Wednesday night, preventing investigators from sifting through the ruins. He described the house as ...
