Police Chase in Philadelphia Ends in Shootout That Leaves 2 Officers, Suspect Wounded

Police Chase in Philadelphia Ends in Shootout That Leaves 2 Officers, Suspect Wounded
A door on a police truck in Philadelphia on July 2, 2023. Beth Brelje/Epoch Times
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PHILADELPHIA—A police pursuit of a suspected gunman ended in a shootout that left two officers and a suspect wounded, police said.

The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, interim city Police Commissioner John Stanford said, after officers responded to reports of gunfire and saw a pickup truck that was occupied by a man believed to have been involved. The man initially stopped the truck after an officer activated his emergency lights, but he then drove off as the officer approached the vehicle on foot.