17-Year-Old Shot Three Times In Police-Involved Shooting After Struggle With Officer

Crystal Cranmore reports.

RUNNING ONE P.M.

TO 3:00 P.M.BACK TO THE TOP STORE AT THISMORNING, STRUGGLE AND THENGUNFIRE 17 YEAR OLD BOY INCRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITIONTHIS MORNING AFTER POLICEINVOLVED SHOOTING."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCRYSTAL CRANMORE IS LIVE ATTHE PHILADELPHIA POLICEHEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING,WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THISONGOING INVESTIGATION.CRYSTAL, GOOD MORNING.GOOD MORNING, JAN, WE KNOWFROM PHILADELPHIA'S POLICETHAT THE OFFICER INVOLVED INTHIS SHOOTING HAS BEEN WITHTHE DEPARTMENT FOR SIX YEARS,NOW, AT THIS POINT DETECTIVESARE SORTING THROUGH EVIDENCEFROM TWO SEPARATE SCENES.WHERE THE SHOOTING HAPPENED,AND THE SCENE OF REPORTEDARMED ROBBERY THAT HAPPENEDJUST MOMENTS BEFORE THESHOOTING.NOW THIS ALL STARTED AFTERWOMAN REPORTED THAT SHE WASROBBED AT GUNPOINT, OVER NEAR22ND AND SOME ERR SET IN NORTHPHILADELPHIA.THIS WAS A LITTLE BEFORE9:00 ON FRIDAY NIGHT.NOW, WHILE OFFICERS WERESEARCHING THE AREA, THEY FOUNDA TEENAGE HERE INVESTIGATORSSAY FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THEROBBERY SUSPECT NEAR 28TH ANDSOME ERR SET.OFFICERS SAY THEY SEARCHEDSUSPECT, THEY NOTICED WHATTHEY THOUGHT WAS A GUN, WE ARETOLD THE 17 YEAR OLD THENREACHED FOR IT, THERE WASSTRUGGLE, AND THEN ONE OF THEOFFICERS DISCHARGED HISWEAPON.DETECTIVE SAY AT THIS POINTTHE ROBBERY AND THE SHOOTINGARE BOTH UNDER INVESTIGATION.TOO EARLY FOR THE PERSON THATWAS ROBBED HERE AND INVOLVEDIN THE POLICE DISCHARGE, ATTHIS POINT IT DOESN'T APPEARHE IS THE ONE BUT WE STILLHAVE WORK TO DO AND WE ARE ARETROLLED WERE NO INJURIES TOOFFICERS, AGAIN, THAT TEENAGERCURRENTLY IN CRITICAL BUTSTABLE CONDITION AT TEMPLEUNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.FOR NOW LIVE OUTSIDE POLICE