From the DP:
The man was first seen by two Penn security guards allegedly
attempting to steal a car in University parking at 33rd and Spruce
streets, said Vice President of Public Safety Maureen Rush at a
press conference at the scene of the incident.
Why were Penn security guards attempting to steal a car? And which
incident, the carjacking or the shooting?
The suspect then drove at high speed down Spruce Street to the 4000
block, where he crashed into a line of parked cars, causing a pile-up.
That would be UP Spruce St. Besides, has *anything ever* moved at
high speed in either direction of Spruce St. between 34th & 38th
Sts.? Seriously. Especially at 11AM on a weekday.
The security guards had reported the theft to Penn Police, who
pursued the suspect by car down Spruce Street.
See above. They night have done better on foot.
Rabbi Levi Haskelevich of the Penn Lubavitch House, which is
located across the street from where the suspect left his car, also
heard a crash. "We thought maybe the second floor window fell
down," he said.
Is the Penn Lubavitch House in such disrepair that this would be his
first thought?
Penn Police arrived in pursuit and asked him where the suspect had
run.
"It was clear they were chasing him," Haskelevich said.
Clever deductive reasoning by Rabbi Levi "Eddie" Haskelovich, Private
Detective.
Frank
On Apr 16, 2007, at 03:40 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
Not a good day for cars in the hood:
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/lj/2007/shooting.jpg
From Penn Public safety:
At approximately 11:00am on April 16, 2007, there was an attempted
auto
theft from a University of Pennsylvania garage near 32nd and
Convention
Avenue. The garage attendant and supervisor, witnessed the attempted
auto theft, and confronted the offender, at which point he
brandished a
weapon, and fled toward South Street. The offender first attempted to
carjack two vehicles, before carjacking a driver of a white van, at
point-of-gun, who was traveling on Spruce Street, near 33rd Street.
Penn
Police were called immediately by garage security, and were able to
identify the offender in the van, resulting in a high-speed chase
westbound on Spruce Street. The driver during the course of fleeing
and
avoiding traffic on the street, drove onto the sidewalk and struck a
pedestrian (University of Pennsylvania Health System employee), who is
currently in stable condition at HUP.
The driver lost control of the stolen vehicle between 40th and 41st
Street and crashed into approximately four parked cars on the
street. He
then fled the scene northbound through a parking lot to the 200
block of
Preston Street, with a Penn Police officer on foot pursuit. There
was an
ensuing struggle, where the offender attempted to take control of the
officer's service weapon, during the course of which, the weapon was
discharged, striking the offender. He was transported to HUP in
critical
condition, and has since been pronounced dead at 12:37pm.
No injuries to the UPPD officers were sustained.
The entire incident is currently under a joint investigation by
both the
University of Pennsylvania Police Department and the Philadelphia
Police
Department.
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