{"id":818585,"date":"2026-05-24T08:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/818585\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T08:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:02:30","slug":"philadelphia-police-officer-shoots-armed-man-in-kensington-officials-say-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/818585\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Police officer shoots armed man in Kensington, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The Brief<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A Philadelphia Police officer shot an armed man in Kensington on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A police sergeant was flagged down by a man who said he was in a conflict with a man who had a gun, police said.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When the officer tried to step in, the man ran off. The officer chased him, and shot him when police said the man started to raise his gun.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>PHILADELPHIA<\/strong> &#8211; A Philadelphia Police officer shot a suspect after a foot chase through Kensington Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What we know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The shooting happened around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Philadelphia police said it started when a sergeant was flagged down in his police cruiser near Kensington Avenue and Hart Lane. The person who flagged the sergeant down that he was involved in a &#8220;disturbance&#8221; with a man who had a gun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The sergeant then tried to step in, but the two men got into a brief altercation, before the man who allegedly had the gun ran off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The officer chased him on foot, behind a building on Kensington, until the man fell, and dropped the gun. The officer and the suspect started to struggle, and according to police, the suspect raised the gun. That&#8217;s when police said the officer shot the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Paramedics took the man to a nearby hospital where he is in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police recovered a loaded gun at the scene, which officers said had a round in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>What we don&#8217;t know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The man shot by police was not identified. The PPD&#8217;s Officer-Involved Shooting Investigations Unit, Internal Affairs and the Philadelphia District Attorney&#8217;s Office are all investigating the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>The Source<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Information in this story is from the Philadelphia Police Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A Philadelphia Police officer shot an armed man in Kensington on Saturday. 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