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Philadelphia Police Shoot At Suspect In Stolen Car, Authorities Say Philadelphia Police Shoot At Suspect In Stolen Car, Authorities Say
Philadelphia Police Shoot At Suspect In Stolen Car, Authorities Say A city police officer fired their service weapon at a suspect in North Philadelphia on Monday afternoon, according to Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore.  Officers were called to the 1000 block of West Dakota Street around 2:45 p.m. after a stolen car was spotted parked on the street, Vanore told reporters Monday evening.  The vehicle, a black Jeep Grand Cherokee, was reportedly stolen earlier Monday. Vanore said officers called the Jeep's owner to the scene but saw a suspect enter the car while they were waiting for the owner to arrive.  Officers confronted the suspect and a …

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Police Shootout Leaves Man With Truck Full Of Firearms Injured In Philly Suburbs: DA Police Shootout Leaves Man With Truck Full Of Firearms Injured In Philly Suburbs: DA
Police Shootout Leaves Man With Truck Full Of Firearms Injured In Philly Suburbs: DA A man with a truck full of firearms was injured when he shot at police and they returned fire overnight, authorities in Montgomery County said. Upper Providence and Limerick police responded to a 911 call of a man suffering from a mental health emergency in Mont Clare around 3 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele said. The caller said that the man had gathered multiple firearms and put them in his pickup truck. Police found the man in the Meadows Apartment complex parking lot, where he had crashed his truck.  He got out of his vehicle and …

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by Cecilia Levine