Cops: Shopper at Germantown grocery shot at would-be robber, hit guard instead

[priell3]

She needs more range time.

A woman pulled out her revolver at a Germantown supermarket Monday morning and fired two shots at a man who was robbing her, but she missed her target and instead hit a store security guard, police said.



The 24-year-old security guard, who was struck in the shin, was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, a police spokesman said.

The case remained under investigation, but the 51-year-old gun owner had a valid license to carry a concealed firearm and is not expected to face charges, a police source said.

According to authorities, the woman was trying to enter the Save-a-Lot grocery store in the 5800 block of Pulaski Avenue around 6:07 a.m. when a 45-year-old man tried to block her way in.

The two exchanged words and then the man charged at the woman with a large stick and tried to hit her, police said.

He then threw a cup of hot coffee at the woman and she drew her revolver and fired twice, authorities said.

One bullet is believed to have ricocheted off the ground before it struck the security guard in his right shin, police said.

Uninjured, the assailant allegedly grabbed the woman's purse and cellphone and ran. He was found by police on Rittenhouse Street in Germantown with the large stick and the woman's purse in his hands, police said.

The man was taken into custody but authorities withheld his identity pending approval of criminal charges.

The gun-toting shopper is one of about 32,000 gun owners who are licensed to carry a concealed firearm in Philadelphia, according to statistics previously provided by police.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20...d_instead.html

[MovingtoAmerica]

I don't blame her if it was a ricochet that hit the guard. Kinda luck of the draw with that. Plus she was being attacked some crazy asshole with a stick so its not like she has much time to react

[MovingtoAmerica]

Also, look at this degenerate:
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[Pilot321]

^^^^^^^Hmmm. Harvard grad.

[streaker69]

What was the security guard doing during the attack?

[Carson]

What was the security guard doing during the attack?

Getting shot.

[Yoder]

Getting shot.

He was a Security monitor. He was just there to tell you somebody was getting robbed.

[NathanB]

Getting shot.

Thread win lol

[Krichardson]

He was a Security monitor. He was just there to tell you somebody was getting robbed.

.....and,to tell the school kids to keep the noise down while they select items to pilfer.

[Gunsnwater]

She must have went to the nypd shooting school. Must have flunked, she only got one innocent bystander.