Driver fatally shot by trooper as large illegal street racing crowds gather on I-95: state police

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Reports of illegal burnouts and drag-racing on Interstate 95 in Philadelphia turned into an officer-involved shooting that ended with an 18-year-old being shot dead.

When they attempted to stop one vehicle, police say two troopers were struck by a driver who refused to stop.

One of the troopers then fired his weapon, fatally hitting the driver, identified as 18-year-old Anthony Allegrini Junior. He was pronounced dead on the scene. All lanes of I-95 were closed for at least an hour early Sunday morning, with northbound lanes remaining closed into the afternoon. Two other sections of Philadelphia became the scenes of illegal driving chaos overnight, including an intersection in Mayfair where

 

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