Man shot by Philadelphia police after traffic stop has died, sources say

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Nov 13, 2026
A man shot by a Philadelphia police officer Thursday morning after a traffic stop in Southwest Philadelphia has died, according to sources.
And the investigation now underway into the Philadelphia
police officer who shot a man today after a traffic stop.
We're told two officers were involved in that.
Police say one of the officers used a taser on the man
when he became erratic and started to struggle with them.
But they say the taser didn't work.
Action News reporter Corey Davis
is live where this all happened this morning.
Right there in Southwest Philadelphia, he has the details.
Corey.
Sarah and Brian, we've learned from sources that the man
who was shot by a Philadelphia police officer out here during
a traffic stop has died.
We initially were told that he was rushed into surgery,
so it's unclear right now exactly when he was pronounced dead.
I saw the shot coming from the officer's gun.
And then John McGonigal says he started recording
this video on the Citizen app at around 7 30
this morning after dropping off his wife and kids.
I was nervous. You know, both don't have names on them.
Police tell us two officers in marked vehicles
and full uniforms stopped the driver of the Chevy Malibu
at Lindbergh Boulevard and Eastwick Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia.
We're being told they asked him to step out of the car,
but they say his behavior became what they described as erratic. He was
Panning and the officers just felt that to remove him from the car
so they could talk to him.
As he got out, the fight just was on.
He started to struggle with them.
That's also what McGonigal says he saw.
It looked like a tussle.
It looked like the officer was trying to get after the guy.
Deputy Commissioner Frank Venora says the officers tased
the man multiple times during the fight, but it didn't work.
At some point during the fight,
he made it back to his vehicle and he produced a firearm.
That firearm, we now know, had an extended magazine that was loaded.
As he pulled it out during the course of the confrontation,
one officer did discharge.
That male was struck.
Sources say the man did not survive.
Neighbors are shaken by the entire incident.
It's upsetting.
It's super shocking.
This is normally a really quiet neighborhood.
And the two officers involved we've learned have they
were not injured during all of this. The officer
who fired their weapon is on administrative leave right now.
That is department protocol whenever an officer fires a weapon during
an incident. Looking ahead, though, we do know from investigators
that this investigation continues through dash cam footage
and body cameras that the officers had on.
Reporting live here in Southwest Philadelphia,
Corey Davis, Channel 6 Action News. Corey, thank you.
