A Philly gas station worker says he was shot and wounded by men wearing blue surgical masks, police say
Police were trying to access the store's video to verify the worker's account.
A gas station worker in the city’s Frankford section told authorities that he was shot and wounded late Thursday after confronting two men who were acting suspiciously and wearing blue surgical masks, police said Friday.
The 20-year-old clerk was shot in the stomach about 11:10 p.m. outside the Lukoil station on the 4800 block of Tacony Street. He was taken by police to Temple University Hospital and released in the morning, Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum of Northeast Detectives said.
The victim told police that he saw the men wearing dark clothing and the masks standing outside the station’s store and that when he went outside to check on them, one shot him, Rosenbaum said.
Police are trying to access video from the store to verify his account, Rosenbaum said.