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Sheriff's office still not giving reason for Daveonte Dixon traffic stop in Mifflin Township

A blue ribbon is tied around the call-in box at the headquarters of the Mifflin Township Police Department on Agler Road.
George Shillcock
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A blue ribbon is tied around the call-in box at the headquarters of the Mifflin Township Police Department on Agler Road. Two of the department's six officers were shot and injured in May 2025.

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office still hasn't said why the car 21-year-old Daveonte Dixon was a passenger in was pulled over by Mifflin Township Police last week.

Dixon allegedly shot and injured two Mifflin Township Police officers and led national, state and local police on a three-day manhunt. The Franklin County Sheriff's Office is handling the investigation and from the two injured officers, but has not revealed the reason for the traffic stop.

The agency told ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ after a public records request that it is not releasing the rest of the video yet, which could show what led to the traffic stop. Body camera footage released last week starts right when Dixon exited the passenger side of the vehicle when officers had already arrived and were speaking to the unnamed driver.

The scene quickly unfolded, with a person authorities identified as Dixon, firing his gun seconds later, injuring the two officers. Dixon then fled the scene, evading police for nearly three days before he was arrested last Friday at an Obetz apartment.

Dixon is still recovering in a hospital after shooting himself while barricaded inside the apartment.

Franklin County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Maria Durant said footage showing what happened prior to when the edited vide