Police: Robbery Suspect Shot By Officers In North Philadelphia

Kimberly Davis reports.

KIMBERLY?(INAUDIBLE).Reporter: WE JUST GOT UPDATEDFROM POLICE, WE'RE TOLD THATSUSPECT IS IN CRITICAL BUTSTABLE CONDITION.LET'S SHOW YOU WHAT SCENE LOOKEDLIKE WHEN WE ARRIVED HERE,ACCORDING TO POLICE, THISHAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE 9:00 THISEVENING.THIS IS WHAT THE SCENE LOOKEDLIKE WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED TOTHE 28TH STREET AND SOMERSETSTREET, ACCORDING TO POLICE,JUST BEFORE 9:00 THIS EVENING,WHILE OFFICERS WERE IN THE AREAFOR A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS CALL,A SUSPECT PULLED OUT A GUN ANDPOINTED IT AT AN OFFICER, THAT'SWHEN POLICE SAY THE OFFICER SHOTAT THE SUSPECT.WE'RE TOLD THAT SUSPECT ISSUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOTWOUNDS, AGAIN, WE DID JUST SPEAKWITH A POLICE OFFICER WHO GAVEUS AN UPDATE.TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLDUS.DURING THE COURSE OF THEINVESTIGATION, THEY PERFORMEDPAT-DOWN, DETECTED WHAT THEYBELIEVED TO BE A WEAPON IN HISWATER MAIN BREAK, THE MALEREACHED FOR THE WEAPON.THE OFFICERS ENGAGED IN A BRIEFSTRUGGLE.AND DURING THE COURSE OF THATSTRUGGLE, ONE OF THE OFFICERSDISCHARGED HIS FIREARM,APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES IN THEDIRECTION OF THE MALE STRIKINGHIM THREE TIMES, TWICE IN THELEG AND ONCE IN THE LOWER BACK.Reporter: NOW, POLICE DIDTELL US THAT THEY WERE ABLE TORECOVER A REVOLVER FROM THESCENE AGAIN, THAT MAN IS IN THEHOSPITAL IN CRITICAL BUT STABLECONDITION.POLICE SAY HE WAS SHOT IN THEBACK AS WELL AS IN HIS LEGS.AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY FLUIDINVESTIGATION, WE'RE TOLD THISUNFOLDED ABOUT AN HOURS AGO,WE'LL HAVE MORE UPDATES AS SOONAS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.LIVE IN NORTH PHILADELPHIA,KIMBERLY DAVIS, CBS3.