Falls police say woman pulled gun on officer checking on her. She’s now wanted
Falls Township police are searching for a Bristol woman who allegedly pulled a gun on a police officer who was checking on her well being.
Karen Marie Stevens Nunez, 46, is wanted on felony charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and fleeing or attempting to elude police, and a related misdemeanor and summary office.
As of Sunday afternoon, Stevens Nunez had not been apprehended, according to police.
The incident occurred shortly after 4 p.m. after a passing motorist flagged down a police car requesting he check on a woman in a car parked in the 400 block of South Olds Blvd a Oxford Valley Road.
The officer parked his marked vehicle behind a blue 2018 Mitsubishi Outlander and saw a woman, identified as Stevens Nunez, sitting outside near the open driver’s side door, according to an incident report.
When Stevens Nunez saw the officer, she allegedly stood up and reached into the front driver’s compartment and pulled out a black semi-automatic handgun. She then allegedly turned to face the officer and pointed the gun toward him.
The last known address for Stevens Nunez is the 300 block of Washington Street in Bristol, police said.
The officer immediately drove his vehicle around Stevens Nunez to the passenger side of her vehicle and ordered her over his loud speaker to drop the weapon, police said. Steven Nunez then got into her car and drove away.
The Falls police officer started a pursuit north on South Oxford Valley Road. At one point the officer said Steven Nunez was “fumbling her hands” and the officer saw her display the firearm in a cardboard box, the incident report said.
The pursuit continued to Trenton Road with speeds reaching 89-miles an hour, which was more than 50 mph above the posted speed limit. The police officer lost sight of the vehicle around the intersection to South Olds Boulevard.
If you have information on the whereabouts of Karen Marie Stevens Nunez, or the incident is asked to contact Falls Detective Ronald MacPherson, at 215-302-3347, or via email at r.macpherson@fallstwppd.com. Information may also be provided anonymously at 215- 949-9120, or via email at tiplines@fallstwppd.com.
Reporter Jo Ciavaglia can be reached at jciavaglia@gannett.com
This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Woman pulls gun on officer in parking lot: Falls police
