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And now Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano.

Hi, today is Friday May 5th of Morning Kathy.

Good morning and the news this morning. Authorities say a foot pursuit ended in a deadly officer

involved shooting Thursday afternoon in North Philadelphia. Two officers from the Philadelphia

Police Department responded to an auto investigation on the 1200 block of Dolphin Street just before

2.30 in the afternoon. The officers pulled up to a vacant lot and saw a group of people surrounding

a vehicle, according to police. When one of the officers exited their cruiser, please say some of

the people fled. They were stripping the vehicle, police said. Seats were taken out airbags,

were removed. All kinds of parts were being removed. Moments later, another person emerged from

near the car and also took off running. That's when police say the officers started a foot pursuit

that extended down the 2200 block of Camich Street and threw an open field.

With both officers trailing him, the suspect then ran inside the back of a property on the 1200

block of Dolphin Street and into an alleyway between two buildings. The suspects then pointed a gun

the suspect then pointed a gun at one of the officers which caused that officer to fire one shot.

A strong and sued between the officer and the suspect during which police say the suspect's

gun fired at once. Investigators say the second officer who was involved in the foot chase heard

the gunshots and found the officer and the armed suspect engaged in a fight. He fired several shots

towards the suspect responding officers drove the 33-year-old suspect identified by family members

as Curtis Smith to Temple Hospital where he died from several gunshot wounds to the body,

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