A man Philadelphia police shot after a traffic stop has died, police say
Police said the man was fighting with officers and was shot after he pulled out a gun.
A man shot by a police officer in Southwest Philadelphia Thursday morning has died, police said Friday.
Police said the man was pronounced dead Thursday and did not provide his name or additional information.
The shooting happened after Philadelphia Police Department officers stopped a white Chevy Malibu at the corner of Lindbergh Boulevard and Eastwick Avenue, police said Thursday at a news conference.
The traffic stop led to a “confrontation” between the man and two officers, Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore said. Both officers used Tasers on the man, Vanore said, but they didn’t stop him.
“At some point during the fight, he made it back to his vehicle and he produced a firearm. That firearm, we now know, had an extended magazine, it was loaded,” Vanore said Thursday.
At that point, one of the officers shot him, Vanore said. The officer who shot him was placed on administrative leave while an investigation takes place per department protocol, Vanore said.
Including this incident, Philadelphia Police have been involved in 11 shooting incidents so far this year, according to the city’s Citizen Police Oversight Commission. At least four people shot by police were killed, per news reports. Last year, Philadelphia police shot 12 people, police oversight commission data shows. Five of those people died.
Numerous police officers have been shot on duty this year as well. Three officers were injured by gunfire in June before returning fire and killing the shooter. In October, two police officers were shot while responding to a call. One of them, Officer Shane Seiber, died.
