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Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after car chase The man had fled after hitting the officer's car.By Jeff Shields and Barbara BoyerInquirer Staff WritersAn off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early yesterday morning, police said. An autopsy was scheduled for today on the 22-year-old Philadelphia man, whose name was not released while authorities notified his family. The officer, identified by Philadelphia police as Barry Sudler, 25, who joined the force two years ago, was questioned by...

Off-duty officer fatally shoots man after accident and chaseBy Barbara Boyer and Jeff ShieldsINQUIRER STAFF WRITERSAn off-duty Philadelphia police officer chased a driver who collided with his car to the Willow Grove train station, then shot the man to death when he charged toward the officer early this morning, police said. Authorities did not release the names of the officer or the shooting victim. The off-duty officer, a two-year veteran assigned to the 16th District in West Philadelphia, had ended his shift at about 4:20 a.m. when an accident occurred near Wadsworth and Cheltenham Avenues in the Cedarbrook section, just...