Pennsylvania
Driver killed, passenger in custody following 2-hour-long standoff in Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Bensalem police say there is no threat to the community after responding to a standoff with a car that ended in deadly gunfire Friday night.
Officials held a press conference at a gas station in Bucks County where they explained the events that led up to the shooting.
William McVey, director of public safety for Bensalem Township, said police attempted a traffic stop on a car for a window tint violation in the area of Route 1 and Old Lincoln Highway. McVey said there were two people in the car, who refused to comply with police and “advised that they were armed and would not be going back to prison.”
The car then took off and was tailed by Pennsylvania State Police and Bensalem police. The pursuit lasted through multiple jurisdictions and ended at a gas station – where the press conference was later held – at Route 13 and Penn Street following multiple collisions between the suspected car and police vehicles.
“At that point, we considered those two individuals armed and barricaded,” McVey said.
Chopper 3 was over the standoff in Bensalem Friday just before 6:30 p.m.
The SWAT team was called to respond and after two hours of police trying to de-escalate the situation, according to McVey, authorities deployed gas twice.
According to McVey, the suspected driver then pointed a handgun at police, which is when a member of SWAT fired a gun at the driver. The driver was taken to the hospital and died Friday night. McVey didn’t give the name of the driver, however, he said he was 30 years old.
The passenger wasn’t injured and was taken into custody at Bensalem Police Department.
The Bucks County District Attorney’s Office is leading the investigation. McVey thanked PSP and the Philadelphia Police Department for their SWAT team’s help.
While police said the situation is under control and there is no outstanding threat to the community, authorities will stay at the scene throughout the rest of the night.
“I think the police did an exceptional job of ensuring that no one from the public was hurt and I’m thankful for that,” McVey said.
Bristol Pike is closed between Biddle Lane and Penn Street, according to police.
The war with Iran could start impacting your wallet as soon as today.
Jim Garrity from AAA East Central says oil prices are up.
“They’re hovering around $72. They were pretty consistently around $65, $66 for a while,” he said.
Nationally, AAA said the average for a gallon of regular sits at about $3, up approximately six cents from last week.
In Pennsylvania, it’s around $3.12 a gallon, and in the Pittsburgh region, it’s around $3.24 a gallon. That’s actually down about four cents from last week.
Garrity added that gas prices this time of year would already be increasing, usually because of higher demand for the warmer months and the production of the summer blend of gas used for those months.
The impacts of what’s happening in Iran may not be immediate, which could be part of why our region and the state overall have not seen a spike yet, he said.
“It could be a couple of days later. It could be up to a week later,” Garrity said.
A lot of people are watching what happens with the Strait of Hormuz. Iran borders it to the north, and 20% of the world’s oil goes through it.
Iran is one of the world’s biggest oil producers, and China gets a lot of that oil.
“If there is an impact there, you could see oil start to come in from other parts of the world, which has a downstream effect on [the United States],” Garrity said.
One way you can save on gas if prices increase in our area is by slowing down.
“When you drive faster every five miles, over 50 miles an hour, your fuel efficiency is going down,” Garrity said. “You’re making the car work harder, making the gasoline consumption less effective.”
Garrity added that in 2022, when our area and many others saw some of the highest gas prices ever recorded, people changed their driving habits.
“We saw people make seemingly permanent changes to their driving behaviors, driving less in general, consolidating trips,” he said.
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