Philly police officer injured during shoplifter arrest
Philadelphia PA Aug 18 2018
A Philadelphia Police officer was hurt while trying to take a robbery suspect into custody in North Philadelphia early Friday morning.
The robbery happened around 1:15 a.m. at the Rite Aid at 2100 N. Broad Street.
A security guard spotted a man shoplifting and approached him.
Police said the man pulled out a knife on the guard, who then backed off and called police.
About 45 minutes later, an officer spotted a man on foot matching the suspect’s description.
The officer got into a struggle with the man, losing some of his equipment in the process. Officers continued to chase the man around the block.
The same officer caught up to the suspect a second time and after another violent struggle, took him into custody.
“The officer received a large laceration to his nose this time it appears that he’s going to need stitches,” said Chief Inspector Scott Small.
“I don’t know if his nose was broken he is a pretty large cut large cut on his nose and he was bleeding heavily.”
