Man accused of shooting two officers in Northeast Philadelphia charged with attempted murder
Dioul Devaughn, 40, is expected to face attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting two Philadelphia highway patrol officers, police said.
A man who authorities say shot two Philadelphia police officers in Northeast Philadelphia on Sunday is expected to face charges of attempted murder and related crimes.
Dioul Devaughn, 40,was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault on law enforcement officers, simple assault, and other offenses, police said. Devaughn, who was shot by police when he and officers traded gunfire in Holmesburg early Sunday morning, was still in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon.
Both officers were treated at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital and released by Monday.
The two officers - Christopher Rycek, 32, and Henry Glenn, 31 - were shot after responding to a report of a person with a gun near Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia about 2:30 a.m., police said. A man wearing a tan, puffy jacket boarded a gray pickup truck, firing a gun, police said.
Rycek is a nine-year veteran of the department. He suffered a graze to the bridge of his nose. Glenn has been with the department for six years. He was grazed in the head, police said.
A sergeant spotted a gray Dodge Ram pickup truck on the 7300 block of Brous Avenue with a man wearing a tan-colored jacket inside, police said. After requesting additional units, the sergeant turned on his emergency lights and siren at St. Vincent Street and Roosevelt Boulevard, and the Dodge Ram pulled over to the right side of the road, police said.
When the sergeant approached the truck, the Dodge Ram sped off on St. Vincent and then drove northbound in the outer lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard, police said.
Shortly after, Rycek and Glenn attempted to get the truck to pull over at Frankford Avenue and Welsh Road, police said. The truck then rammed their patrol car from behind..
Devaughn then opened fire on the officers, hitting one in the ankle and grazing his head, police said. The other officer was grazed by a bullet on the bridge of his nose.
Both officers shot back, police said. Two more highway patrol officers — Officers Kenneth Fazio and Michael Mitchell— arrived and also fired at Devaughn, police said. It was unclear which of the four officers struck Devaughn.
Fazio, 40, and Mitchell, 34, were not injured.
All of the officers who fired their guns are on administrative duty pending officer-involved shooting and internal affairs investigations, police said.