Video game dispute ends in shoot-out with three officers injured

An argument over the loud volume of a video game has resulted in a shooting with three police officers getting injured in the crossfire.

A man is dead and three officers injured after an argument over a loud video game ended in a shooting in Northeast Philadelphia.

Authorities were called to a property on Wednesday after a 12-year-old boy phoned police to report that his dad, Michael Hwang, had shot his uncle following a dispute. The boy had allegedly been arguing with his dad over a video game’s volume when the boy’s uncle stepped in and things escalated.

Hwang, donning a ballistic vest and armed with a Glock pistol, reportedly then waited in the front doorway for police to arrive before unleashing gunfire on them.

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3 Police Officers Ambushed While Responding to Shooting in NE Philly

Last night around 7pm police received a 911 call from a 12 yr old who stated that his father shot his uncle in the face. It's been reported that the argument started over the volume… pic.twitter.com/jxcGAfKYLV

— PhillyCrimeUpdate (@PhillyCrimeUpd) October 5, 2023

A gunfight ensued until Hwang was fatally wounded. Acting Police Commissioner John Stanford told The Associated Press that he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Two officers and a sergeant were injured during the shooting but are expected to make a recovery. The uncle was hospitalized in critical condition, and the son and a woman were able to leave the residence uninjured.

According to FOX 29, Hwang was known to the police department and was “suffering from a mental illness.” Just last month, he was found ‘not guilty’ on two criminal charges after firing guns in the backyard of the same property.

SCOOP: Man who shot 3 @PhillyPolice officers last night, Michael Hwang, 42, had just been found NOT guilty by a Philadelphia judge last month on two criminal charges for firing guns in backyard of Whitaker Ave home in May. pic.twitter.com/juJVxuPC8F

— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) October 5, 2023

“It is stunning, I thank God that (the officers) are okay. I thank them for their bravery and their desire to do this job which is very, very difficult, and I thank their families for the sacrifice they make,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said.

Responding to the news on Twitter, one person wrote, “These senseless crimes have to stop.”

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