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Terrance Andre Bey, 29, is accused of shooting a man who was attempting to help the victim of a domestic assault at the Racquet Club Apartments on Veterans Highway in Middletown Township, around 2:40 p.m., according to the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
A 9-1-1 caller told emergency dispatchers that a 28-year-old woman, who lived in the apartment complex, was involved in a domestic assault with her boyfriend, later identified as Bey, of Philadelphia, authorities said.
The caller said Bey grabbed his girlfriend by the throat and choked her. The caller also said Bey might be armed, the DA's office said.
Upon arrival, a patrol officer spotted Bey near the B Building of the apartment complex and told him to stop and show his hands. Bey briefly stopped, then turned his body away from the officer, reached into his waistband, and refused to comply, according to authorities.
Bey fled and the patrol officer pursued him on foot.
During the foot pursuit, Bey rounded a corner of the B Building and took an "armed offensive position" near a patio. The officer slowed his pursuit and peeked around the corner of the building, spotting Bey in the "threatening position," the DA's office said.
The officer again issued verbal commands, authorities said. Bey instead fled on foot and ran toward an apartment in the B Building.
The patrol officer followed Bey’s suspected path and then heard a glass break and a gunshot. Officers converged on the apartment to get Bey, but instead found a shattered glass sliding door and a gunshot victim, the DA's office said.
A woman inside the apartment told police she was inside with her husband and Bey’s girlfriend. She told police Bey smashed the rear sliding glass door, stepped into their apartment, and shot her husband in the face, authorities said.
Bey then fled on foot.
Officers rendered aid to the victim until EMS arrived. The victim was transported by Penndel Middletown EMS to St. Mary Medical Center where he underwent immediate surgery.
Meanwhile, an officer spotted Bey in a Volvo SUV. He fled out the parking lot and onto southbound Veterans Highway (Route 413), igniting a pursuit, authorities said.
The suspect led officers on a chase into Philadelphia, which came to an end in the Crescentville neighborhood, authorities said. There, Bey was shot and killed after he "pointed and fired a firearm at police officers," according to a preliminary investigation by the Philadelphia Police Department.
Philadelphia Police said they recovered a Glock 22, .40-caliber semiautomatic weapon with an obliterated serial number, the DA's office said. At the Racquet Club Apartments, Middletown Township police located an extended Glock .40-caliber magazine, which was reportedly dropped by Bey.
Detectives also learned the domestic incident had been going on for hours before the 911 call, and that Bey and the shooting victim had a brief encounter earlier with the shooting victim telling Bey to "keep the domestic out of his apartment."
Police executed a search warrant inside Bey’s girlfriend’s apartment later in the evening, finding heroin, crack cocaine, methamphetamine, and packaging materials, authorities said. Police also discovered that Bey had multiple warrants for probation violations and arrest warrants on drug and firearm violations.
That investigation is being conducted by the Philadelphia Police Officer Involved Shootings Investigations Unit who will present their findings to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.
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