{"id":252933,"date":"2026-07-27T14:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252933\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:40:09","slug":"philadelphia-police-officer-says-allen-township-shooting-self-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/252933\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia police officer says Allen Township shooting self-defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An off-duty Philadelphia police officer told investigators that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcall.com\/2026\/07\/24\/allen-township-serious-incident-pa-state-police\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shot his uncle to death Friday in Allen Township in self-defense during a family dispute.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kenroy Cummings, 25, said the altercation with his uncle, Shakair T. Moncrieffe, 27, began as a fist fight but escalated when, Cummings told police, Moncrieffe reached for Cummings\u2019 gun.<\/p>\n<p>Before returning to the Old Gate Road home where the shooting occurred and surrendering, Cummings led police on a chase on Airport Road, reaching speeds of more than 100 mph and failing to stop at stop signs, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Court records say the fight between Cummings and his uncle began after a juvenile family member called Cummings and said Moncrieffe was threatening him. The juvenile said he called Cummings because he was scared.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told police that Cummings and Moncrieffe went into the home and began to grapple.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCummings was observed attempting to stand up and being pushed by Moncrieffe,\u201d court records say.<\/p>\n<p>The juvenile joined the fight and punched Moncrieffe in the face. Moncrieffe \u201csquared up\u201d with the juvenile, witnesses said, and Cummings shot Moncrieffe in the head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoncrieffe\u2019s body slumped against an interior wall. Cummings then shot Moncrieffe in the head again,\u201d court records say.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings told investigators that he believed Moncrieffe was reaching for Cummings\u2019 gun, which was in his right front pocket, so he pulled his weapon and shot Moncrieffe six times.<\/p>\n<p>An autopsy report showed that Moncrieffe sustained gunshots to the head and wrist.<\/p>\n<p>After fleeing the scene and leading police on a chase in his orange Kia Forte, Cummings returned and surrendered. During negotiations, court records say, he told officers that he was armed and dropped his weapon on the pavement before he was taken into custody without incident, court records say.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings is charged with criminal homicide and fleeing and eluding police. He is being held in the county jail without bail.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story, check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An off-duty Philadelphia police officer told investigators that he shot his uncle to death Friday in Allen Township&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[10565,119,121,120,202,182,139,434,28,432],"class_list":["post-252933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allen-township","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-northampton-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252933","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=252933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}