While responding to the smoke shop, police received another call of a shooting victim found inside a Toyota.
PHILADELPHIA -- An armed robbery attempt inside a Philadelphia smoke shop ended with the alleged suspect being shot to death, another man hospitalized and a third person being sought, according to police.
Once there, police found no shooting victims, but blood at the site, as well as two spent shell cases inside the store.Police interviewed employees of the shop who said there was a robbery and were able to give a description of the suspect. Officers who arrived at the scene discovered a man, appearing to be in his early 20s, in the passenger seat of the Toyota with gunshot wounds to his upper thigh and groin area.The Toyota was stolen last week, police confirmed.
"We believe while that robbery is taking place, someone fired shots striking the preparator who is the male inside the Toyota who was pronounced dead. That's our preliminary information," Small said.
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