Robber killed, owner hurt in mini-mart heist

Posted: March 18, 2012

A shoot-out during an attempted convenience store robbery in North Philadelphia on Sunday night left one of the suspects dead on the street and the store owner in critical condition at Temple University Hospital.

At around 8 p.m., according to a Philadelphia Police report, four males entered La Familia Latina, a mini-mart at Westmoreland and N. Fifth Streets, attempting to rob it.

A robber about 26 years old, according to police, shot the male store owner once in the right side of the stomach.

The store owner shot back, striking one man twice in the chest.

The robbers fled in a getaway car - a gold Buick SUV - that police later found two blocks away, with the wounded man laying on North Fifth Street, beside the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:58 p.m.

The store owner, who was not immediately identified, was taken to the Temple hospital in a private auto, said police, who were searching for suspects late Sunday night.


Contact Howard Shapiro at 215-854-5727 or hshapiro@phillynews.com.

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