{"id":273315,"date":"2026-08-27T16:32:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273315\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:32:08","slug":"motorcycle-riding-suspect-runs-over-officers-foot-while-fleeing-traffic-stop-in-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273315\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcycle-riding suspect runs over officer&#8217;s foot while fleeing traffic stop in Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Police in Philadelphia are searching for a motorcycle-riding suspect who ran over an officer&#8217;s foot while fleeing a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p>   Caught on camera <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Surveillance video shows police encounter the suspect just before 5 p.m. Tuesday on the 1900 block of West Hunting Park Avenue.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Investigators say officers tried to stop the suspect for &#8220;several motor vehicle violations while he was operating a motorcycle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Video shows the officer pull in front of the suspect and exit the vehicle, grabbing the suspect&#8217;s shirt as he attempts to speed away.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">While fleeing, investigators say the suspect&#8217;s motorcycle ran over the officer&#8217;s foot.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/dirtbikeridersought.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">The encounter was captured on surveillance camera shared by police on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>  Searching for suspect <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTXF\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Police describe the suspect as a slim Black man, seen on video wearing a green jacket and light colored pants.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The motorcycle that police say was to have been used in the incident is believed to be a gray 2020 Suzuki DRZ 400 SM.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Anyone with information on the suspect&#8217;s whereabouts is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information provided by the Philadelphia Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime &amp; Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/us\/pa\/philadelphia\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox29.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA &#8211; Police in Philadelphia are searching for a motorcycle-riding suspect who ran over an officer&#8217;s foot while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[592,139,539,69,71,70,593],"class_list":["post-273315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-news","tag-pa","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273315","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=273315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}