Chester's mayor says his mission is to restore law and order in his violent city.
"Zero tolerance," said Chester Mayor John Linder.
Chester's still new mayor says a major crackdown on wild violence remains his top priority.
Friday's explosion of gunfire in the heart of town left the city's newly elected controller wounded as she stopped to buy gas and a paper at a local station.
Controller Edith Blackwell is seen on the surveillance video fleeing into a convenience store after she was shot in the back Friday afternoon.
Police say the target of the shooting was Brennen Johnson, seen fleeing on the surveillance video.
Police say he ducked under Blackwell's vehicle and that is how she got hit.
Johnson remains hospitalized with wounded in both legs, but has been arrested on drug charges.
The mayor has visited Johnson's bedside and, along with his parents, urged him to reflect on his near death experience.
"Thinking about what brought him there, and how he intended to remove himself from a sad legacy he now shares with his brothers and a few of them are already gone to gun violence," announced Mayor Linder.
As the manhunt continues, police say the man seen on the surveillance video is a person of interest. He may not have been the triggerman police say, but they believe he was driving the getaway car, which police believe was a white sedan.
Police are asking for the public's help.
"The community needs to talk to us," said Chester Police Commissioner Joseph Bail. "We don't need your name, we don't need your address, we just need a phone call."
Brennen Johnson, age 25, is someone long known to police. Sources say his family has been in a long running feud with another Chester family over various issues including drug turf.
"We've dealt with Mr. Johnson before, and I am sure eventually we will get something out of him," said Detective James Nolan.
City Controller Blackwell, fresh out of the hospital and recovering from her wound, spoke exclusively with action news.
"I just thank god for the angels that encamped around me," said City Controller Elizabeth Blackwell.
Chester's new administration has already pulled a number of cops from desk duty and put them back out on the streets, determined to create a new day in the embattled river city that for its size experiences so much violence.
