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Robbery Leads to Police Chase, Shooting in Upper Darby: Officials

A man is in the hospital while another is on the loose after an alleged robbery led to a wild chase and shooting in Upper Darby.

The ordeal began when the unidentified suspects robbed a pharmacy near Baltimore Pike in Clifton Tuesday night, according to investigators. As they fled the scene in their vehicle, responding officers chased after them.

The driver then lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a pizza shop at Long Lane and Bradford Road. The two men then got out of the vehicle and fled on foot down Shirley Road.

“We saw some guy hop out of his car, run left, and then 30 cop cars zoomed by,” said Dimitrius Evangelopoulos, one of the witnesses.

A pursuing officer opened fire, striking one of the suspects in the leg.

“I just heard three or four shots,” said Monica Wilson, another witness. “That’s what I heard.”

The suspect was taken to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he is currently in stable condition. The second suspect remains at large however.

“We’ve got a very, very good description,” said Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood. “Apparently they left ID in the car so we’re working on that.”
 

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