What to Know
- Police are still searching for Dejuan Robinson, 20, after a two-state pursuit that ended in South Philadelphia on Jan. 9.
- Police believe Dejuan Robinson led the chase that began in Delaware and ended with multiple officers and a 3-year-old hurt.
- Robinson is considered a person of interest in multiple homicides, police say. He is described as armed and dangerous.
Authorities in Pennsylvania still are searching for a man they say led authorities on a multi-state car chase that caused two crashes, injuring several people including officers and a 3-year-old boy.
The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, reported Wednesday that Philadelphia police spokeswoman Tanya Little says 20-year-old Dejuan Robinson is still on the loose. Authorities have said Robinson should be considered armed and dangerous.
Police say Robinson is a person of interest in several homicides in Delaware and is wanted in Pennsylvania on charges including eluding police. Robinson pleaded guilty in 2017 to illegal gang participation and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
After speeding up the highway and crossing into Pennsylvania, Robinson, who police say was driving a black Acura, with Wilmington officers and Pennsylvania state troopers in tow, clipped a car near Philadelphia International Airport causing a chain reaction crash. A Wilmington police cruiser flipped over. Multiple officers were injured. A 3-year-old boy in the clipped car suffered a fractured skull and traumatic brain injuries, his mother said.
The suspects escaped the crash unscathed and continued driving to the Broad Street exit, police believe. They drove a couple more blocks before crashing into the side of a SEPTA bus at Broad Street and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia. Two men bailed from the car after the crash, according to witnesses, and ran down nearby side streets. Philadelphia police then carried out a manhunt -- searching streets and alleys with long guns and scouring dumpsters and parking garages around Methodist Hospital.
After hours of searching, police never found the men.
