A Philadelphia Highway Patrol officer was shot in the hand during a car pursuit. The suspect fled, crashed, and later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The injured officer is recovering.

A police officer was shot in North Philadelphia by a man who fled a traffic stop and then took his own life, officials said. The incident started around 9 p.m. Tuesday when two officers attempted to pull the man over near 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood.