Philly cops: Stick-up victim who got shot also had a gun, opened fire on suspect. Video shows suspect fleeing.

Philadelphia police on Monday told Blaze News that a stick-up victim who got shot Friday night also had a gun and opened fire at the suspect. Dashcam video from the victim's vehicle shows the gunman fleeing after having advanced upon the victim's vehicle.

What are the details?

Dashcam video recovered from the victim’s vehicle shows a black Nissan Murano stop in front of the victim at a traffic light at Old York Road and Cheltenham Avenue, police said.

Video shows a male emerging from the passenger side of the car and pointing a gun while walking toward the victim's car.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Video shows the gunman getting close to the driver-side headlight of the victim's vehicle before suddenly stopping, turning tail, and running back to the vehicle in front.

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Image source: YouTube screenshot

So, why did the gunman change his direction so quickly?

WTXF's Steve Keeley posted on X that the suspect "points gun at [the] driver & then realizes [the] driver is armed, too & starts shooting."

The end of the dashcam video appears to show the victim firing about six shots as the car in front drives away.

Blaze News on Monday asked police if the victim fired at the suspect, and police told Blaze News that "we can confirm that the shooting victim did fire his weapon at the offender. He is licensed to carry a firearm."

Police added that the suspect fired several gunshots into the windshield of the victim's car and that they found the 31-year-old victim in his vehicle suffering from a single gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was taken to a hospital and listed in critical condition, police said.

The suspect’s vehicle was last seen traveling north on Old York Road into Cheltenham Township, police said.

Now what?

Police are looking for two suspects who were in the Nissan Murano from which the gunman emerged:

• One is a black male with a heavy build and full beard who was wearing a black skull cap, large glasses with black frames, black hooded jacket with a Nike logo on the left chest, gray sweatpants, and black and white sneakers.
• The other is a black male wearing a black balaclava-style mask, black zip-up jacket over a white shirt, and black or gray pants with a black belt.

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