Officer remains hospitalized in Chester shooting

A Chester police officer injured in an exchange of gunfire remained hospitalized Sunday, while investigators gathered details on the shooting that also killed one man and wounded another.

Captain Alan Davis was in critical but stable condition Sunday at Crozer Chester Medical Center in Upland. He was shot in the lower back and arm, and was expected to undergo surgery Sunday, said Thaddeus Kirkland, Chester's mayor.

"Everything looks very promising and positive," he said.

Davis, a 25-year veteran, was shot after pulling over a Pontiac Grand Prix that matched the description of a vehicle stolen from Darby, officials said. Three men were inside the vehicle when officers approached it at the William Penn Housing Development near 5^th and Parker streets about 4 p.m. One officer asked the men to get out of the vehicle, and then Davis was shot. Officers returned fire.

One was killed and another wounded. The injured man was in serious but stable condition Sunday at the same hospital as the officer, the mayor said. A third man was being held at the Chester Police Department. None have been identified, and no charges had been filed by Sunday afternoon, officials said.

Officials would not say which of the three men shot Davis, or whether Davis himself fired his weapon.

As Chester police collected evidence Saturday people threw rocks and bottles at them, Kirkland said. Some bottles, he said, had urine in them.

"I commended our police personnel for doing an excellent job when it came to restraint," Kirkland said.

Some officers suffered minor injuries at the scene, and several people were cuffed. One man was taken into custody and charged, officials said, though the specifics of those charges was not available Sunday afternoon.

"The only thing that needs attention are guns," he said. "There are just too many."