A person was taken into custody after a shooting on SEPTA's Broad Street Line on Friday evening, according to a spokesperson with the transit agency.

The shooting happened on a Broad Street Line train at Broad Street and Girard Avenue on Aug. 15 in Philadelphia, officials said.

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One person was shot and has been taken to a nearby hospital to be treated, officials reported.

According to the SEPTA spokesperson, the alleged shooter claimed self defense as officers took him into custody.

Our NBC10 crew on the scene is reporting there is a heavy police presence.

An investigation into what led to the shooting is ongoing.

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