Philly Cop Critical After Being Shot Saturday, Suspect Charged: Police

PHILADELPHIA — Attempted murder, kidnapping, and more charges have been filed after a man shot a Philadelphia Police officer and then held a homeowner captive Saturday, according to authorities.

Charged is Ramon Rodriguez Vazquez, 36.

Philadelphia Police said he is charged with a slew of crimes, including attempted murder of a police officer, aggravated assault of a police officer, firearm violations, tampering with evidence, and more in connection with a Saturday night shooting that occurred after a traffic stop on the 3500 block of F Street in Kensington.

One of the two officers who were involved in the stop was shot in the neck. He is in critical condition, still.

Vazquez is also charged with burglary, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, terroristic threats, and more after police said he took a man hostage in his own home following the shooting.

The shooting occurred just before 8 p.m. Saturday on that block.

Two officers stopped a vehicle.

Authorities said Vazquez was driving an unregistered vehicle without a license.

Police said due to those infractions, a tow truck was called.

But before the truck arrived, police said Vazquez made a phone call and told the other party he was stopped by police. Two women and a man pulled up to the scene in a separate car.

Police told Vazquez the vehicle was being towed and began to remove items from the vehicle. During that time, one of the officers saw a holster on the car's floor.

Vazquez was called over by the officers, then ran off.

As he ran off, Vazquez fired three shots back at the two officers, striking one, police said.

The other officer returned fire, then took his partner to a hospital, where he remains on life support. Police said the tow truck driver assisted police in getting the shot officer into the vehicle and off to a hospital.

Video showed Vazquez running off with a gun in his hand and stopping at a garage on G Street where he took off the shirt he was wearing.

He tried to go into a garage but was driven off by someone there, police said.

Then at G and Tioga streets, Vazquez tried to get into a minivan, but the driver was able to drive off without Vazquez getting in it. Police are asking that driver to contact them.

About 15 minutes later, police said Vazquez encountered a man in his 20s sitting on a porch on the 800 block of East Schiller Street.

Vazquez pulled a gun on the man and forced him into the home, where he held him at gunpoint but eventually let the man leave, police said.

The man saw police in the area and told them Vazquez was inside.

Shortly thereafter, police were able to get Vazquez out of the home and into custody.

Police found a 9mm Glock firearm in that home.

The three other occupants of the vehicle, three women, were taken in for questioning, but have not been charged, NBC10 reports.

The officer who was shot is a 6-and-a-half-year veteran of the force and is 31 years old, police said.