Police arrested a man and are safely removing five children following a barricade situation at a Philadelphia home.
Police and DHS arrived at a home on the 4500 block of North 19th Street at 1:59 p.m. Monday to remove five children from the premises when they were met by a 48-year-old man who allegedly refused to let them inside.
A barricade situation was declared at 3:08 p.m. Police set up a staging area outside the home.
Around 5 p.m., police arrested the man and are safely removing the five children from the home.
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