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And now, Preston and Steve's news update with Kathy Romano.

And today is Monday, March 30th.

Good morning, Kathy.

Good morning in the news this morning.

Philadelphia police were involved in a shootout with a man barricaded inside an

apartment in the city's Holmesburg section late Sunday. Officers were initially called to an apartment

on Kendrick Street near Frankfurt Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. They were responding to a call

of a man shot inside the apartment. When officers arrived, they tried to get to that person who was

apparently alone. Police report that the man refused to come outside and then open fire on officers.

SWAT was called and police had several SWAT officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter.

In the end, the shooter had three gunshot wounds, one in each arm and one in his chest, but it's not clear if police bullets struck him or if his injuries were from the initial call.

The man was listed in critical condition

at the hospital. Police spent hours gathering evidence, including a handgun, they say the man tossed

out of a window and the incident remains under investigation. President Donald Trump is extending

the voluntary national shutdown for a month as sickness and death from the coronavirus pandemic rise

in the United States.

The initial 15-day period of social distancing urged by the federal government expires today,

and Trump had expressed interest in relaxing the nationwide guidelines, at least in parts of the

country, less afflicted by the pandemic, but instead he decided to extend them through April 30th.

Many states and local governments have stiffer controls in place on mobility and gatherings.

Trump's impulse to restore normalcy met a sober reality check Sunday from Dr. Anthony Falsy,

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