Officers monitoring for illegal car meets found a gathering at the Target parking lot on 4000 Monument Street around 11:15 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, police said. Banks, driving a red Camaro linked to illegal meets, sped away, evading officers on I-76, authorities said.
Around 2 a.m., Daut and his partner spotted the Camaro parked near 9th and Master streets. As officers approached, Banks reversed, striking a patrol vehicle twice before hitting an officer, police said. The injured officer fell, hitting her head.
Daut fired one shot, striking the passenger-side window as Banks fled, prompting a high-speed chase. The pursuit continued on I-95, where Banks performed U-turns in standstill traffic, colliding with civilian and police vehicles before speeding southbound, police said.
The chase was called off due to safety concerns. Later, Upper Darby Police found the heavily damaged Camaro unoccupied. Banks was located at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital with a gunshot wound to his neck and was listed in stable condition, authorities said.
The injured officer, 36, a one-year veteran of the 1st Police District, was treated at Jefferson Methodist Hospital and released.
Daut, a 14-year veteran of the 26th Police District, has been placed on administrative duty pending investigations by Internal Affairs and the Officer-Involved Shooting Unit.
Banks has been charged with aggravated assault, causing a catastrophe, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, recklessly endangering another person, and related offenses.
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