DA: Man shot by police after opening fire during barricade in East Goshen Township
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A man was critically wounded after opening fire on officers Thursday in East Goshen Township, the Chester County District Attorney's Office said.
EAST GOSHEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Officers in East Goshen Township shot and critically wounded a man who investigators say was having a mental health crisis and threatened to shoot his mother and sister before barricading himself inside a home.
Police were called to a home on the 900 block of Cornwallis Drive around 6:15 p.m. Thursday by the suspect's mother and sister. The family members told police the 34-year-old man was having a mental health crisis and had threatened to shoot them, according to a Friday morning update.