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by Katie Bernard Published Aug. 3, 2025, 9:15 a.m. ET

A Bensalem officer shot and injured a motorcyclist Saturday after an alleged road rage incident, the police department said.

Around 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Bensalem police said in a news release, the officer responded to a report from a driver that a motorcyclist had pointed a gun at him near Bristol Pike and Biddle Lane and continued to follow him.

The officer, the release said, reached both vehicles while they were stopped in traffic at Bristol Pike and Appleton Avenue.

When the officer got out of his car the motorcyclist was on foot with a gun in his right hand and did not comply with orders, according to the police statement. The officer then shot at the moto

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