PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Investigators are trying to find the person who fired a gun at police Thursday morning in Kensington, one block from the Market-Frankford Line’s Allegheny Station.
Around 8 a.m., authorities say two officers were trying to stop a man on foot for an unspecified investigation, but the man fired gunshots toward them. It happened along Allegheny Avenue between G and Potter streets.
The officers were not struck, and they did not return fire. There were no injuries.
The gunman got away and remains at large.
SWAT officers were brought to the scene to investigate.