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A suspect accused of assaulting a Philadelphia Fire Department Lieutenant is barricaded inside a home in Tacony.

The alleged assault is believed to have happened on the 7100 block of Jackson Street on Friday morning.

SWAT Team members were outside the home hours after the incident was first reported.

A suspect accused of assaulting a Philadelphia Fire Department Lieutenant is barricaded inside a home in Tacony.

SWAT Team members were seen posted outside the home on Friday morning, hours after the alleged assault was first reported.

What we know:

Officers were called to the 7100 block of Jackson Street just before 10 a.m. for reports of an assault.

Police later learned that a Philadelphia Fire Department Lieutenant was assaulted by a suspect who fled into a home a block aw

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