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06-06-2013, 10:25 AM
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Teen remains in critical condition following police shooting in Sunbury
By Francis Scarcella The Daily Item
SUNBURY — A teen who led police on a nearly two-mile high-speed chase through city streets early Wednesday was shot after he rammed the 1997 Saturn he was driving into a second cruiser on South Front Street.
Naheem Reams, 17, remains in critical condition this morning at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, after he was shot in the chest by an officer using a police-issued .45-caliber Glock and hollow-point ammunition.
Three officers were involved in the chase, most of which was captured on video surveillance taken by police cruisers, officers said.
What began as a request for car removal during street sweeping unfolded into Sunbury police shooting a suspect for the first time since Sept. 3, 1986, when city officers killed a gunman on Market Street.
Around 1 a.m. Wednesday, city police were clearing streets for sweepers and approached Reams in the 400 block of North Fifth Street to ask him to move his vehicle, officers said.
Reams, who was behind the wheel of a Saturn that was not registered to him, fled in a “reckless manner,” police said, traveling in the wrong direction on one-way streets often at speeds topping 65 mph.
While being chased by a cruiser as he traveled the wrong way on Chestnut Street, Reams turned onto South Front Street, where he encountered and struck a cruiser, police said. The teen continued on South Front Street, where he hit a second cruiser and attempted to run over an officer, police said.
While taking evasive action against the oncoming Saturn, a city policeman then shot through the Saturn’s windshield and struck Reams in the chest, officers said. The Saturn rolled over a curb and stopped near the riverfront flood wall, according to police.
State troopers from Stonington and Sunbury police Chief Steve Mazzeo were called to the scene within minutes.
The Daily Item is not publishing the names of the officers after threats were made to the Sunbury Police Department.
Around 7 a.m., the scene was still blocked with police tape, state troopers and other law enforcement officials. South Front Street was re-opened around 8 a.m.
According to a search warrant obtained by state police from District Judge Ben Apfelbaum, investigators were trying to locate any firearm, bullet or any trace of evidence such as hair, blood or bodily fluids from the vehicle in which Reams was driving.
Reams was sought by the Northumberland County Juvenile Probation Department on an outstanding warrant for the past two weeks, Chief Probation officer Bill Rossnock confirmed.
Rossnock declined to discuss why Reams was wanted for because of Reams’ age.
Sunbury police turned the investigation over to state police at Milton. Trooper Matt Burrows declined to comment until the investigation was concluded.
The investigation could take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, Burrows said.
During that time, all three Sunbury officers will be placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation.
Mazzeo said the officer’s life was in danger and he declined to comment further, referring all questions to state police.
According to several sources, Reams is the nephew of Herbert Tiebout, of Sunbury, who pleaded guilty to several counts of selling drugs and was sentenced to state prison in 2013.
Tiebout is also awaiting trial for second- and third-degree murder charges after police said he was linked to a homicide near Mifflinburg in 2012.
As word began to spread through the city about the shooting, several individuals began posting on Reams’ Facebook account and some even made threats to police, which Burrows said is illegal and individuals could be prosecuted.
State police at Milton are in possession of the damaged city cruisers
Teen remains in critical condition following police shooting in Sunbury
By Francis Scarcella The Daily Item
SUNBURY — A teen who led police on a nearly two-mile high-speed chase through city streets early Wednesday was shot after he rammed the 1997 Saturn he was driving into a second cruiser on South Front Street.
Naheem Reams, 17, remains in critical condition this morning at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, after he was shot in the chest by an officer using a police-issued .45-caliber Glock and hollow-point ammunition.
Three officers were involved in the chase, most of which was captured on video surveillance taken by police cruisers, officers said.
What began as a request for car removal during street sweeping unfolded into Sunbury police shooting a suspect for the first time since Sept. 3, 1986, when city officers killed a gunman on Market Street.
Around 1 a.m. Wednesday, city police were clearing streets for sweepers and approached Reams in the 400 block of North Fifth Street to ask him to move his vehicle, officers said.
Reams, who was behind the wheel of a Saturn that was not registered to him, fled in a “reckless manner,” police said, traveling in the wrong direction on one-way streets often at speeds topping 65 mph.
While being chased by a cruiser as he traveled the wrong way on Chestnut Street, Reams turned onto South Front Street, where he encountered and struck a cruiser, police said. The teen continued on South Front Street, where he hit a second cruiser and attempted to run over an officer, police said.
While taking evasive action against the oncoming Saturn, a city policeman then shot through the Saturn’s windshield and struck Reams in the chest, officers said. The Saturn rolled over a curb and stopped near the riverfront flood wall, according to police.
State troopers from Stonington and Sunbury police Chief Steve Mazzeo were called to the scene within minutes.
The Daily Item is not publishing the names of the officers after threats were made to the Sunbury Police Department.
Around 7 a.m., the scene was still blocked with police tape, state troopers and other law enforcement officials. South Front Street was re-opened around 8 a.m.
According to a search warrant obtained by state police from District Judge Ben Apfelbaum, investigators were trying to locate any firearm, bullet or any trace of evidence such as hair, blood or bodily fluids from the vehicle in which Reams was driving.
Reams was sought by the Northumberland County Juvenile Probation Department on an outstanding warrant for the past two weeks, Chief Probation officer Bill Rossnock confirmed.
Rossnock declined to discuss why Reams was wanted for because of Reams’ age.
Sunbury police turned the investigation over to state police at Milton. Trooper Matt Burrows declined to comment until the investigation was concluded.
The investigation could take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks, Burrows said.
During that time, all three Sunbury officers will be placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation.
Mazzeo said the officer’s life was in danger and he declined to comment further, referring all questions to state police.
According to several sources, Reams is the nephew of Herbert Tiebout, of Sunbury, who pleaded guilty to several counts of selling drugs and was sentenced to state prison in 2013.
Tiebout is also awaiting trial for second- and third-degree murder charges after police said he was linked to a homicide near Mifflinburg in 2012.
As word began to spread through the city about the shooting, several individuals began posting on Reams’ Facebook account and some even made threats to police, which Burrows said is illegal and individuals could be prosecuted.
State police at Milton are in possession of the damaged city cruisers