PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A 32-year-old store clerk is in critical condition after she got into a gun battle with two armed robbers in Philadelphia’s Wissinoming section early Tuesday morning, police say. The incident happened on the 5500 block of Torresdale Avenue just before 4 a.m.
The clerk was shot four times, according to police. She was hit three times in the groin and once in the right hip. She was transported to Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital by medics.
The store manager showed us bullet holes left behind from the shootout @CBSPhilly pic.twitter.com/8uaowUftCO
— Matt Petrillo (@MattPetrillo) February 1, 2022
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The 32-year-old store clerk fired a weapon at the suspects as they left the store.
Police also tell Eyewitness News a man believed to be one of the suspects showed up at a local hospital suffering from several gunshot wounds.
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Police say the entire incident was recorded on surveillance video.
The manager of a Wissinoming corner store credits his dog named Bullet for saving his life after two armed robbers rushed inside this morning.
A clerk in the store fired a gun and hit one of the robbers, who fired back. The clerk is in critical condition https://t.co/bUbTiph04w pic.twitter.com/9sqySKIXGe
— Matt Petrillo (@MattPetrillo) February 1, 2022
No arrests have been made, but a weapon was recovered, according to officials.
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