Tesla crashes into building in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood after road rage sparked shooting, chase
A road rage incident in Philadelphia Thursday morning sparked a shooting and chase that ended with a car crashing into a building, injuring a pedestrian.
Some damage was visible at the building on the corner of Tulip and Huntingdon streets in Fishtown. Witnesses said a black Tesla sedan was traveling at a high speed down Cumberland Street when it struck the building, and they heard a loud booming noise.
Police said the incident happened shortly before 10:30 a.m.
Police were able to identify the suspect and that person was arrested and taken into custody.
CBS News Philadelphia was told that the injured pedestrian was an employee of the pizza shop, Franco's Pizza, across the street.
Police said the driver of the black Tesla shot at the white Tesla before he chased the suspect to Fishtown.
A man told police that during a dispute over a lane change, the other driver showed a gun and fired in their direction. At the time, the man was with his girlfriend and two children, police said. No one in the car was injured.
After flagging down officers, the man described the individual's car, which police said was later stopped on the 2600 block of Memphis Street in Kensington. Police said they seized a gun loaded with four live rounds, and the individual was positively identified.
The individual hit a pedestrian at Tulip and Huntingdon streets while leaving the scene, and police said the pedestrian was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
Amanda Romeo lives a few hundred feet away from the crash and heard the commotion from outside.
"It's nuts. It doesn't even have a wheel on the front side," said Romeo. "Yeah, they obviously were traveling pretty fast."
Several police officers were on the scene along with K-9 units.
Residents say the building that was struck is an architecture firm where most of the employees were on vacation, but one employee who was present was shaken by the impact of the crash.
The investigation remains ongoing.
"We heard there was a shooting ... a chase," Franco's Pizza owner Anthony Daloia.
The owner said the employee was hit while he was sitting on the stoop of the pizza shop, waiting to go to work.
"It doesn't make it easier that my employee got injured because of some crime that was happening," Daloia said.
