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Thursday, January 29, 2009

A suspect is being treated for a gunshot wound to the leg after being shot by a police officer last night in West Philly, police said. About 9p.m. a 19th District cop pulled over a vehicle for a traffic violation, on

56th Street
near
Girard Avenue
, police said. Moments later, the driver of the vehicle exited the car and fled on foot down
Girard Avenue
.

The cop chased him into an alley on Stiles Street, where police say the suspect pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the officer. The officer shot one round at the suspect striking him in the leg, police said. The cop was not injured. The suspect, who hasn't been identified, was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania , where he’s listed in stable condition. Internal Affairs is investigating.

Stay tuned for more information on this developing story.

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Dana DiFilippo has covered murder, mayhem and miscellany at the Daily News since 2000. She grew up in Delaware County and studied journalism and photography at Penn State University. E-mail tips to difilid@phillynews.com.

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Stephanie Farr has been reporting for the Daily News since 2007, covering everything from gay porn stars who entered the burglary business to moon trees, skinheads, murders and naked bike rides. She covers crime, both in the city and suburbs, and keeps clippings of bizarre Associated Press articles. Her favorite this year was the story about the drunk in Punxsutawney who gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a dead opossum. E-mail tips to farrs@phillynews.com.

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Phillip Lucas joined the Daily News crime team in 2011. He grew up on the mean streets of Seattle and studied journalism and psychology at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Phillip was a reporter for The News Journal in Wilmington, Del. Email tips to lucasp@phillynews.com.

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Morgan Zalot is the newest crime reporter at the Daily News, starting in 2011 after interning at the paper twice as a Temple University journalism student. In her past stints at the DN, she covered just about everything, from drunken Phillies fans to a barber shop in a high school to a grisly murder-suicide. She’s a born-and-raised Philly girl who grew up in the Northeast. E-mail tips to zalotm@philly.com.

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