Man Charged Following Shooting Of Two, Police Chase

A man has been charged after a Saturday night shooting that left two people injured and led to a high-speed police chase.

Sincere Quaneer McNeil, 18, of Bristol Township, was arraigned Sunday afternoon by an on-call district judge on two counts each of attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault with attempt to cause serious bodily injury, aggravated assault with attempt to cause injury with a deadly weapon, simple assault, and discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure, and single counts of fleeing or attempting to elude an officer and possession of an instrument of crime with intent.

Bristol Township police were called to the 900 block of Elmhurst Avenue in the Winder Village neighborhood around 10 p.m. last Saturday for a man firing a gun and striking the residence. The caller told a dispatcher they heard gunshots and then windows shatter at the residence. A second 9-1-1 caller reported additional shots a block away in the area of Winder Drive and Spruce Street, according to court papers.

Officers rushed to the scene and the first arriving patrolman saw a white Nissan Maxima fleeing the neighborhood. The officer began following the car and activated their emergency lights and siren as the chase went up Veterans Highway (Route 413.) The Nissan was traveling fast and violated the vehicle code several times, police said.

The chase, which was led by Bristol Township police and involved numerous other departments, ended in a crash along Veterans Highway (Route 413) between East Lincoln Highway and Hollow Road in the Levittown section of Middletown, authorities said, adding the Nissan was the only car damaged in the wreck.

McNeil, who was driving the Nissan, fled the crash scene and was located about 20 minutes later at the Team Toyota dealership a short distance away, police said.

A Philadelphia police helicopter and township K-9 unit were called while officers were searching for McNeil, Middletown authorities said.

An Bristol Township investigator watched the video from Winder Village pole cameras that showed “the front of a white sedan strikes the rear of another white sedan east on Spruce Street at Winder Drive. The driver of the struck vehicle exits his vehicle and begins firing into the windshield of the striking vehicle, at close range, with a handgun, then gets back in the vehicle and flees,” police said.

The two people who were shot were taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital in Philadelphia for injuries. The one man suffered a gunshot wound to his upper left arm and another man was struck in the upper right arm, police said.

Early Sunday morning, McNeil spoke with two Bristol Township detectives. He told them he was driving to a friend’s place in Winder Village when another white Nissan began following him. At that point, he heard gunshots and jammed his brakes, causing the other car to hit his vehicle. McNeil then got out of his vehicle and fired numerous shots from his handgun into the windshield of the striking vehicle occupied by the two men who were later transported to the hospital, court papers stated.

“Defendant said he did not know the subjects and did not know why anyone would be shooting at him,” police said.

McNeil was remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility on 10 percent of $1 million bail.

The home in the 900 block of Elmhurst Avenue that was struck by gunfire on Saturday night was also struck by gunfire during a 2018 double-fatal shooting.

Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The story was compiled using information from police and public court documents.

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