Officer pinned to wall by vehicle before firing fatal shots at driver in Lawncrest: police

Officer pinned to wall by vehicle, fatally shoots driver: police

A Philadelphia police officer is suffering injuries and a man is dead after police say the officer was hit by a vehicle before firing fatal shots in Lawncrest Thursday evening.

PHILADELPHIA - Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer shot and killed the driver of a car that pinned the officer against a wall during an attempted traffic stop on Thursday night.

The deadly encounter happened when investigators say the officer attempted to stop a driver at the intersection of Adams and Newton streets around 7 p.m.

On Friday, police identified the driver as 36-year-old Curtis Wallace.

Wallace pulled his vehicle behind a witness's car, and the officer boxed in Wallace's vehicle from behind, according to investigators. That's when police say the officer exited his cruiser and approached the passenger's side of Wallace's car.

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Wallace then allegedly rammed into the officer, pinning him against a wall. The officer then fired multiple shots into the vehicle, investigators say.

Amid the chaos, police say a person in the passenger's seat of Wallace's vehicle exited the car and attempted to flee, but was stopped by a trio of witnesses.

Wallace's then backed his car out of the intersection and drove two and a half blocks away to Hasbrook and Benner streets, where police say he was found dead from gunshot wounds to the head and body.

The injured officer, an eight-year member of the Philadelphia Police Department, was taken to Einstein Medical Center where he was evaluated for leg injuries, including numbness.