A police officer is recovering after she was injured during a dirt bike chase in North Philadelphia Saturday night.
Police first responded to the 2000 block of Judson Street at 7:16 p.m. where they heard what they believed to be gunshots, officials said. Several men on dirt bikes then fled the scene and the officers pursued them.
"He cut in front of all those cars and then he shot down this way," said Angel Vasquez, a witness. "He drove really fast and came down Allegheny Avenue."
One man on a dirt bike was stopped at 3rd and Allegheny, a second dirt bike rider was stopped at Front and Gurney Streets and a dirt bike with no rider was recovered at 5th Street and Erie Avenue. Police have not yet revealed the charges against the two men. A weapon has not been recovered.
A highway patrol officer was also injured while stopping the first dirt bike rider at 3rd and Allegheny, police said. She was taken to the hospital and is currently in stable condition.
