Minivan crashes through the front of Philadelphia police headquarters

Philadelphia police apprehended a 71-year-old man who crashed his minivan into the front of the department’s headquarters early Tuesday morning.

The crash happened just before 5 a.m., according to reports. A man slammed his Honda Odyssey minivan into the front of 400 N. Broad St. — formerly The Inquirer’s office — mangling the building’s front doors but not breaching the lobby.

The driver is facing charges that include criminal mischief, institutional vandalism, and recklessly endangering another person, the District Attorney’s Office said.

The man driving the vehicle could be heard yelling, “They’re killing me! They’re killing me!” while driving, according to 6abc. When a reporter asked who was killing him, the man said the police were.

After the incident, officers were seen leading the man, handcuffed, into the building while he screamed, according to NBC10. Later, he was taken to a hospital in a squad car for examination.

The Inquirer left its offices at 400 N. Broad in 2012, a decade before the Philadelphia Police Department took over the space. The project was four years and $280 million in the making and hoped to undo decades of resentment and brutality associated with the police’s former headquarters, familiarly known as the Roundhouse.

It is unclear if the crash was intentional, but nobody in the building appeared to be hurt.