Man dead after officer-involved shooting in West Philly: police

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are investigating a series of events that led to an officer-involved shooting in West Philly Sunday night. 

Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Frank Vanore provided the preliminary details of the shooting Sunday evening.

Police say just before 6 p.m. Sunday, a disturbance occurred between a 47-year-old man and a woman, believed to be his girlfriend, inside a residence on the 5400 block of Chancellor Street.

During the disturbance, the man fired a gun shot while inside the home, prompting the girlfriend to call 911. After that, an officer then arrived at the home. 

According to Vanore, the man exited the home as the officer approached. 

The man then walked over to a black pickup truck and ordered the driver to get out in a carjacking situation, police say.

As the officer confronted him, they say a shot was fired at that location.The man who was carjacked, who would like to be referred to as Tony, spoke to FOX 29’s Kelly Rule and recounted the shocking moment. 

Tony says the simple decision to leave his house during halftime of the Eagles vs. Cowboys game Sunday to give his friend a ride, could have cost him his life.

When he showed up at 55th and Chancellor streets and unlocked his vehicle doors, he says a man he did not know opened the passenger door with a gun.

"I could tell that he was mentally ill something was off with him he wouldn’t take my money, he asked for my wallet and started searching through my id’s," said Tony. "He had the gun right at me the whole time."

"I ran three cars and he was just right there and he had a gun so there was no point so I just stopped and I was on one side of the car and he was on the other side and I had my hands in the air and I was just saying what are you doing calm down calm down you know and he just wouldn’t calm down," recalled Tony. "The gun jammed again he was trying to do something with the gun and it jammed again and that’s when the police came up and he jumped in my truck and spun off."

The man was able to get into the pickup truck and began to flee the scene, prompting a police pursuit. 

The pursuit ended around the 5200 block of Woodland Street. 

Police say the man then exited the stolen truck, armed with a gun. 

Two other officers, including one sergeant, attempted to apprehend the male. Then, shots were fired, per Vanore.

Police say the suspect was hit by gunfire at some point throughout the entire ordeal. 

He was taken to Penn Presbyterian where he was pronounced dead at 6:47 p.m.

Detectives are still investigating how many shots were fired, who fired what shot and if any other injuries occurred.

A gun was recovered at the scene. 

This is an ongoing investigation.