UPDATED: 8:28 p.m., Tuesday:
Falls Township police initially thought they had the suspect in a Tuesday afternoon shooting in custody. However, further investigation determined that person and others were not suspects and a manhunt for the shooter was launched.
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As the afternoon turned to evening, police learned a witness account was incorrect and they still needed to find the suspect who opened fire and shot a man in the neck. The injured man was rushed to the hospital in Trenton and later transferred to a hospital in Philadelphia where he was listed in critical condition as of Tuesday night.
Officers searched the area surrounding the site where the shooting victim was found at Lincoln Highway at North Old Boulevard. Police issued a shelter-in-place warning that was lifted around 6:15 p.m.
Police said they learned from residents that their current suspect ran through yards in the Fairless Hills area and asked one person to use a phone at their home.
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A New Jersey State Police helicopter was brought in to assist officers by searching for the suspect from above. On the ground, police dogs were used.
Police said the suspect was a light-skinned Black man who was wearing red and white striped boxers, black pants, and no shirt.
Credit: Falls Township police
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The suspect may have discarded a handgun, and investigators declared he had evaded them by 7:30 p.m.
Police asked anyone who finds a discarded handgun, has information on the suspect, or has cameras that may have caught something of interest to investigators to contact Detective Dennis O’Connell at 215-949-9100 ext. 416 or d.oconnell@fallstwp.com.
A township detective drove up to find a sedan with the wounded man at 2:59 p.m. Officers flooded the area and a traffic stop led police to think they had found the suspect initially.
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Bucks County and Falls Township detectives were seen focusing their attention on the victim’s car just off Lincoln Highway and in the brush at the crime scene.
The busy intersection where the crime scene was established reopened around 7:30 p.m.
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Original Story:
A person was rushed to the hospital after being shot in the neck in Falls Township Tuesday afternoon.
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The person was rushed by the Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton. Their condition was unknown as of 4:30 p.m.
The shooting was discovered at 2:59 p.m. when a Falls Township detective came upon the victim in a vehicle on the side of Lincoln Highway at North Old Boulevard, police said.
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A radio call went out and officers flooded the area. A car stop was made a short distance away and the suspected shooter was taken into custody, police said.
As of 4 p.m., officers were still searching the surrounding area for anyone else who may have been connected to the shooting and urged residents to stay inside.
The intersection of Lincoln Highway at North Old Boulevard was expected to be closed into Tuesday evening while the crime scene was being processed.
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A sedan was in the brush off Lincoln Highway and was the center of attention for detectives from the township and the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. A drone was being used to take overhead images of the car.
Anyone with information that could assist investigators has been asked to contact Detective Dennis O’Connell at 215-949-9100 ext. 416 or d.oconnell@fallstwp.com.
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