Robbery Suspect Shot by Police

Would-be robber shot by police

A Philadelphia police officer suffered a head injury and another man was shot by police after an apparent would-be robbery in West Parkside Saturday morning.

Investigators say that at around 10:30 a.m. a man followed another man into one of the stores in the shopping center at West Jefferson and North 52nd Streets and said he was going to rob him.

The would-be victim yelled for help and told the alleged robber that he would meet him outside. The man did just that as a police car pulled up. As an officer went to assist the would-be victim, police say the would-be robber grabbed the officer's night stick and began hitting him with it.

After police tried and failed to pull the man off the officer, they drew their guns and shot the man several times until he collapsed.

Both the officer and the suspect were transported to a local hospital. There was no immediate word of their conditions and neither man's identity was released. Investigators believe that the suspect may have been high on methamphetamine. A clinic is located across from the shopping center, and patients often frequent its stores.

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