October 03, 2024
Thom Carroll/for PhillyVoice
A man was fatally shot during an armed robbery attempt inside a corner store at 40th and Brown streets in West Philly on Wednesday night, police say. The robbers later crashed their getaway car into a SEPTA bus.
A man was shot and killed during an armed robbery attempt inside a corner store in West Philadelphia on Wednesday night, and in the aftermath, the robbers crashed their getaway vehicle into a SEPTA bus, police said.
The man was playing a game inside the store at 40th and Brown streets at 10 p.m. when two robbers held him up at gunpoint, police told NBC10. A struggle ensued and the man pulled out his own firearm, prompting an exchange of gunfire.
The man who was being robbed was shot in the chest, police said. Authorities found him bleeding heavily in the store when they arrived. He was pronounced dead at 10:24 p.m. He was in his 30s or 40s, police said.
The two robbers got into a Mazda driven by an accomplice and fled the scene, investigators said. It traveled on the wrong side of the road on Brown Street and struck a SEPTA bus that was going eastbound. The driver and two robbers left the car and fled on foot, investigators said.
Police found one of the robbers — a 17-year-old boy who had been shot in the arm and chest at the corner store — on the ground on the 700 block of Preston Street, investigators said. He was taken to a hospital and is in stable condition.
Police are searching for the other robber and the the getaway driver. They are looking at video footage of the robbery as part of their investigation.
The SEPTA bus driver and the eight bus riders were not injured by the crash, police said.
