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A Philadelphia police officer fired at least one shot at people in a minivan in Kingsessing after they allegedly drove into him during a confrontation Wednesday night, according to police.
A police spokesman, Capt. Sekou Kinebrew, said it was not immediately clear whether the officer’s bullet hit anyone. The shooting happened around 5:30 p.m. on the 5600 block of Whitby Avenue, and the people in the car — believed to be a man and a woman — drove away afterward, Kinebrew said.
The minivan was found unoccupied about three miles away, at Island Avenue and Lindbergh Boulevard, Kinebrew said. Police were searching Wednesday night for whoever had been inside.
Kinebrew said the incident began when two 12th Police District officers responded to 5600 Whitby for calls of a domestic disturbance and a man with a gun. When the officers arrived, Kinebrew said, a man appeared to be trying to pull a woman across the seats of a minivan and out of the car.
The officers tried to intervene, Kinebrew said, but the man jumped into the minivan and the car quickly reversed, striking one of the officers. That officer, whom Kinebrew did not identify, recovered and tried to intervene again. At that point, Kinebrew said, the officer fired at least one shot.
Kinebrew said he was not certain whether the officer saw anyone with a weapon. Police directives generally prohibit officers from shooting at vehicles unless someone inside is posing a deadly threat “by means other than the vehicle,” such as shooting out a window.
The officer was to be evaluated for injuries Wednesday night, though Kinebrew said he was “up and alert.”
Police were continuing to investigate and hoping to find whoever was in the minivan.
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