2 Philadelphia Police Officers Injured In Crash While Chasing Suspected Gunman In North Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Two Philadelphia police officers were hurt in a crash as they chased a shooting suspect in North Philadelphia. Police say the officers were looking for evidence related to another shooting that left a woman dead, when someone opened fire on a driver, now that 19-year-old driver is fighting for his life in the hospital after being shot five times.
"Like firecrackers like pow, pow, pow, pow. It was like a movie," one person said.
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The gunfire erupted at 15th Street and Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia just after 7:15 Sunday night.
"At first it sounded like firecrackers, everyone started running, jumping and everything," Saladeen Muhammad said.
Authorities tell Eyewitness News that two officers were in the area for a separate murder investigation of a woman killed on the 2500 block of Alder Street, that happened just before 4:30 Sunday afternoon.
That is when officers saw the gunman involved in the vehicle shooting speed away in a black dodge.
Police perused the gunman, trying to pull him over, but investigators say a man driving a KIA, not involved in either of the shootings, crashed into the police car near Broad Street and Glenwood Avenue. The gunman then floored it and got away.
Both officers are in stable condition at an area hospital.
Back at the shooting scene at 15th and Lehigh Streets, some neighbors are fed up with the gun violence, others are so used to it
"There's children all along this neighborhood and we don't want any stray bullets hitting kids," Sean Lemon says.
Police have not said if the shootings are related.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Philadelphia police.
CBS3's Matt Petrillo contributed to this report.