Police: Shot Fired After Suspect Allegedly Tries To Run Down Officer In Delaware County
By Diana Rocco
UPPER DARBY, Pa., (CBS) -- A Philadelphia man is in jail after police say he tried to run down an Upper Darby police officer on 69th Street Friday afternoon.
The female officer pulled her gun.
"She fires one shot at the vehicle. The shot enters through the window of the vehicle. The vehicle then knocks over two or three parking meters," said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. "We had him boxed in we thought but he drove right up onto the sidewalk."
Police were conducting a raid on the suspect who they say has sold drugs to undercovers on four separate occasions. He got away jumping in his car and ramming the front door of a furniture store then allegedly gunning for the officer. Police pulled him out of the car where the window was shot out. Inside, police say, bundles of heroin and a semi-automatic weapon. On the suspect, police say they found thousands in heroin and crack.
"We got a load of dope, we got four buys off of him, we got a gun, he's going to be in jail a long time," said Chitwood.
The officer and the suspect were not injured.
The suspect is in custody.
