Police: Gunman opens fire on officer during shootout in Germantown, no injuries reported
PHILADELPHIA - Two Philadelphia police officers were not injured when a gunman who was shooting at another man opened fire on the officers when they tried to intercede Wednesday afternoon in Germantown.
According to the Philadelphia Police Department, a plainclothes officer driving an unmarked car noticed a black Cadillac SUV circling the 4800 block of Keyser Street just before 3 p.m.
A man dressed in all black and wearing gloves got out of the car and jogged up the road then returned to the SUV. The officer followed the Cadillac and notified nearby officers of its suspicious activity, police said.
Two other plainclothes officers who were also driving in an unmarked car noticed a 23-year-old man exit the vehicle on Keyser Street and open fire on a man near the intersection of Logan Street.
According to investigators, the gunman then turned and fired multiple times at police. The passenger's side officer demanded the suspect to drop the gun and fired three times.
Police: Gunman opens fire on officer during shootout in Germantown, no injuries reported
Authorities say two plainclothes Philadelphia police officers were on patrol when they happened upon a shootout between two men. One officer got out of the car and ordered the men to drop their weapons when a suspect allegedly fired at the officer, according to police. Both suspects were taken into custody due to a massive police response. No injuries were reported.
The other officer crossed the intersection and fired one time while seated in the unmarked vehicle, according to police.
The officer on foot attempted to cut off the fleeing gunman at Knox Street and saw a second suspect retrieving a gun from under a parked car. He was arrested, and two handguns were recovered, police said.
The fleeing gunman was captured several blocks away and taken to the hospital for a gunshot wound to the foot, according to police. Investigators do not know whose round hit the suspect.
"It just continues to speak to level the gun violence that we're seeing almost every day in this city," Gripp said. "There are too many folks out there that just seem to be able to get unlimited access to firearms."
Both officers have been placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the internal affairs investigation into this shooting.
"This chaotic incident played out in the middle of the day, in a residential neighborhood, with our officers driving into the middle of a gun fight," Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.
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