YORK, Pa. (AP) - A prosecutor says a Pennsylvania police officer was justified in shooting and wounding a man accused of stealing a vehicle and ramming it into a police car.
York County District Attorney Tom Kearney says 30-year-old Terry Diffenderfer, of York Haven, disregarded instructions to exit the vehicle and backed it into a police car, which then struck an officer.
The York City officer fired five shots, injuring Diffenderfer.
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The vehicle had been reported stolen on April 29 by a man who said that his shotgun was still inside.
Diffenderfer pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges including aggravated assault.
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