{"id":180714,"date":"2026-04-30T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180714\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:00:09","slug":"updated-man-wanted-for-discharging-gun-flees-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/180714\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Man Wanted For Discharging Gun Flees Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"\"\"<\/a>File photo
Credit: Tom Sofield\/LevittownNow.com<\/p>\n

UPDATED: 4:07 p.m., Thursday:
The Bensalem Township Police Department released more details on the man who fled from Middletown Township officers Thursday morning. <\/p>\n

Landon McMahon, 19, of Yardley, is wanted by authorities and is \u201cconsidered armed and dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>Landon McMahon.
Credit: Bensalem police<\/p>\n

McMahon, according to authorities, led Middletown Township police on a chase from East Lincoln Highway to Green Lane in Bristol Township. The chase was called off for safety reasons, police said. <\/p>\n

McMahon was driving an Infiniti sedan at the time he fled, authorities said. <\/p>\n

The 19-year-old man was wanted by Bensalem Township authorities for allegedly firing a gun inside the bathroom of Asad\u2019s Hot Chicken on Knights Road on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOfficers located a hole in the wall and bullet fragments on the floor,\u201d police said. <\/p>\n

Bensalem Township detectives used security camera footage and license plate readers to identify McMahon as the suspect, police said. <\/p>\n

McMahon is wanted on a warrant for reckless endangerment, firearms not to be carried without a license, and related offenses. <\/p>\n

Anyone with details on McMahon\u2019s whereabouts is asked to contact police at 215-633-3719.<\/p>\n

Original Story:
The Middletown Township Police Department broke off a pursuit of a wanted person Thursday morning for safety reasons. <\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"<\/a>File photo<\/p>\n

Chief of Police Joseph Bartorilla confirmed to LevittownNow.com that officers were attempting to stop a man wanted for discharging a firearm at a Bensalem Township restaurant when the pursuit began.<\/p>\n

The chase started on East Lincoln Highway in the area of the Langhorne Square Shopping Center and went down Veterans Highway into Bristol Township.<\/p>\n

The chief said officers pursued the vehicle onto Bath Road and the area of Route 13.<\/p>\n

On Green Lane in the area of the Bloomsdale-Fleetwing section, officers terminated the chase due to safety concerns related to the fleeing suspect\u2019s driving, Bartorilla said.<\/p>\n

The suspect is still being sought related to the Bensalem Township incident and the chase. <\/p>\n

\"Tom\"Tom<\/p>\n

Tom Sofield<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom\u2019s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"File photoCredit: Tom Sofield\/LevittownNow.com UPDATED: 4:07 p.m., Thursday:The Bensalem Township Police Department released more details on the man…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[191,193,192,194],"class_list":["post-180714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bensalem","tag-bensalem","tag-bensalem-headlines","tag-bensalem-news","tag-bensalem-township"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}