A gunshot victim drove himself to get help overnight and a police officer just happened to be in the right place to help the man.
Bullet holes marked the man’s Chevrolet Malibu after it came to a stop in front of Philadelphia Police’s 12th District on Woodland Avenue. Tuesday. A police sergeant happened to be walking out of the state just before 1:30 a.m. when he saw the erratically driven car without its lights on headed toward the station.
“The driver … told the sergeant he had just been shot,” said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. “The sergeant took this victim out … and put him in his police car.”
The officer then rushed the 22-year-old victim to the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania in very critical condition, said Small.
Despite being shot in the chest, the victim was able to tell police that he was shot about a block away at 65th Street and Paschall Avenue before he lost consciousness.
“He states he was driving his vehicle when shots rang out — three of the shots came in through his vehicle,” said Small.
A witness told investigators that the shooter appeared to flee the shooting scene in a dark-colored Dodge Charger, said Small.
