2 sought in Delco homicide and shooting involving officer wounded 2 years ago
Folcroft Police Officer Christopher Dorman, wounded in a 2016 shooting, fired at a man who allegedly pointed a gun at the officer during a foot chase.
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Law enforcement officials are looking for two men in a slaying in Chester who are later believed to have been involved in a shooting by a Folcroft Borough officer, who in an unrelated 2016 incident was wounded by gunfire.
Officials said the series of events began with a fatal shooting in Chester on Monday morning. Two suspects escaped in an SUV with New York license plates.
A short time later, officers in Folcroft pulled over a vehicle matching the description and the two men inside fled on foot.
During the chase, police said, one of the men pointed a gun at Officer Christopher Dorman, who fired at the suspect. It is not clear if the suspect fired, and authorities did not say whether the suspect was struck by Dorman's gunfire. No officers were wounded.
The two men were still being sought Tuesday.
In June 2016, Dorman, then a 25-year-old part-time officer, was shot seven times when a drug suspect he was about to pat down pulled a gun and opened fire. Donte Brooks Island was sentenced last year to 33 to 100 years in prison for the shooting.
In the Chester slaying, police released a cellphone photo of one of the suspects but provided no details about the crime.
As is standard in such situations, the Delaware County District Attorney's Office is investigating the shooting by Dorman.