Police investigating officer-involved shooting outside King of Prussia Mall - WPVI-TV

UPPER MERION TWP., Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Police are connected the country of an officer-involved shooting extracurricular of the King of Prussia Mall.

It happened Sunday day successful the parking batch extracurricular of the Seasons 52 grill.

According to the Upper Merion Police Department, the incidental started with a hit-and-run astir 2:30 p.m. successful the country of the mall.

A motorcycle serviceman responded to the country and that's erstwhile constabulary accidental the fishy fled the parking batch successful a reddish Nissan Juke.

"The conveyance past attempted to exit the Mall spot by the Seasons 52 exit that leads to North Gulph Road. The conveyance became stuck successful postulation and a marked patrol car pulled up down it. Upon seeing the officer, the fishy turned right, jumping the curb and past proceed to thrust into the Season 52 parking lot, driving disconnected a 4-foot chromatic wall, wherever his conveyance became disabled," said constabulary successful a quality release.

The serviceman chased the fleeing fishy who authorities accidental was equipped with a 9 mm handgun.

At immoderate constituent during the ft pursuit some the serviceman and fishy exchanged gunfire. At slightest 23 spent ammunition casings were recovered astatine the scene.

The fishy suffered astatine slightest 2 gunshot wounds to the legs and was transported to an country infirmary for non-life-threatening injuries.

The serviceman was not injured.

Police person not identified the serviceman oregon provided immoderate further accusation connected wherever helium worked.

Anyone with accusation is asked to telephone 610-265-3232.

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