Hatboro-Horsham schools closed, residents told to shelter in place due to police activity

HATBORO, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — All Hatboro-Horsham College District colleges are closed Wednesday and a shelter-in-place is at the moment in impact for residents of Hatboro resulting from important police exercise.

In accordance with dispatchers, a standoff is underway after a suspect barricaded himself inside an house constructing within the unit block of S. York Highway, close to Moreland Avenue.

Dispatchers mentioned the incident began at about 9:15 p.m. Tuesday when a person started waving a gun round and pointing it at individuals.

The suspect then bumped into the close by house constructing.

SWAT officers and police stay on the scene and have been trying to barter with the suspect. Up to now, police mentioned the suspect shouldn’t be responding, however mentioned they’ve good cause to consider he’s nonetheless within the house.

Throughout a information convention, Hatboro Police Chief James Gardner mentioned no pictures have been fired by police or the suspect.

“Our major purpose is to resolve this peacefully,” he mentioned.

York Highway stays closed between Montgomery Avenue and Byberry Highway, and Moreland Avenue is at the moment closed between Penn Road and Chester Avenue.

Drivers and pedestrians had been requested to hunt an alternate route till the state of affairs is resolved.

There may be an energetic warrant for the suspect’s arrest.

A earlier model of this story mentioned pictures had been fired at police, however throughout a information convention, Gardner mentioned no pictures had been fired by the suspect or police.