The man responsible for having shot six policemen this Wednesday in Philadelphia (USA) and having entrenched himself to avoid his arrest, surrendered to the authorities after midnight after eight hours of resistance.

It all started at 16.30 local time (20.30 GMT), when he started a drug operation in a house.

"That was almost immediately twisted," Philadelphia Police Chief Richard Ross said in a statement to the media, who explained that a subject inside the house opened fire and that the agents had to escape the shooting by doors and windows.

Six of the agents were shot and were taken to hospitals. All six have already been discharged.

"It's nothing less than a miracle that we don't have several agents killed today," Ross said.

Two other police officers were trapped inside the building with three people who had stopped when the rain of bullets began, which lasted for hours according to authorities.

After almost five hours trapped in the house and after dark, a SWAT-type special operations team managed to evacuate the police and detainees.

The authorities then urged the entrenched subject to surrender and surrender, and even spoke with his lawyer giving assurances that they would not harm him.

It was not until after midnight that the man finally gave up.

The local newspaper 'The Philadelphia Inquirer' identified him as Maurice Hill, 36, who according to the newspaper has a long history of convictions for possession of weapons and resistance to the authorities.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, was informed of the situation, according to the White House.

The first reports of the incident generated consternation in a particularly sensitive society following the recent shootings of El Paso (Texas) and Dayton (Ohio), which caused between the two 31 dead.

However, as details were known, it became clear that the case of Philadelphia was different from the aforementioned shootings, with an entrenched after a police operation.

However, the mayor of Philadelphia, Democrat Jim Kenney, advocated greater arms control. "These agents need help, they need help. They need help with gun control. They need help keeping these weapons out of these people's hands," he warned.

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