A police officer was shot several times Friday as he approached people suspected of smoking drugs behind an apartment building, prompting a three-hour manhunt near Philadelphia that halted a dozen Amtrak trains, authorities said.
Folcroft Officer Christopher Dorman, 25, sustained injuries that required at least two surgeries, officials said. He was in critical but stable condition Friday afternoon, and police said they had a suspect in custody.
“I was told by the doctors that ‘thank God he had his vest on,’ so apparently there may have been several shots to his vest,” Chief Robert Ruskowski said at a news conference outside the hospital.
The shooting took place about a block from the tracks used by Amtrak and a regional rail line. The lines were shut down at about 10:30 a.m. as police combed the area. About 500 passengers on Amtrak’s Acela and Northeast Regional lines were stopped on tracks nearby, spokesman Craig Schulz said.
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At least one person was taken into custody sometime after 1 p.m. Officials did not immediately return messaging seeking details on the arrest.
Dorman has been on the force for about a year.
