By Erika Hernandez
Dec 10, 2023, 7:28 PM EST
The police reported that A police chase of a suspected gunman in Philadelphia ended in a shooting which left two officers and a suspect injured.
The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. Sunday, after the Philadelphia officers responded to reports of shots fired and saw a pickup truck believed to have been involved in that shooting, the city’s acting police commissioner, John Stanford, said in remarks reported by The Associate Press.
Officers attempted to stop the truck, but the driver fled. It was there that a chase began that ended when the driver rammed a police car. Then He came out and started shooting at the officers.according to Stanford.
Four officers returned fire and hit the man at least once. The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he had to undergo surgery and was in critical condition.
Besides, one officer suffered a head injury and another was shot in the leg and face. Both were in stable condition and their injuries were not considered life-threatening, according to Philadelphia authorities.
Stanford said one of the wounded officers had been wounded in an earlier shooting, but did not immediately disclose additional details.
The names of the officers and the alleged shooter were not immediately released. No other injuries were reported in the chase or the shooting.
They are looking for an attacker with machetes
The Philadelphia police reported on Friday that it is looking for a person behind a series of random attacks with machetes registered last month in the Northeast Pennypack Park.
Police Inspector DeShawn Beaufort said at a news conference that the random nature of the violence worried police, who stepped up patrols in the park after receiving reports of at least two people injured and another who managed to flee in time.
In both cases, the victims were hospitalized with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Detectives believe the person had a “machete-style knife strapped to his bicycle,” Beaufort said.
The person was described as a Latino male with a medium complexion, around 5 feet, 10 inches and 180 pounds. He is between 40 and 50 years old, or possibly 60, and was wearing a black hoodie, all black clothing, and was riding a black BMX bike.
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