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Suspect dead in attempted robbery of phone store in Southwest Philly

Gunfire erupted inside Metro PCS store on Elmwood Avenue.

Police remove the body of the robbery suspect from the Metro PCS store on Elmwood Avenue near 70th Street. A man who attempted to rob the phone store was shot dead by an employee police said. The gunfire erupted just after 4:05 p.m., when an armed man described as in his late 30s entered the store and attempted a robbery. The employee, who has a permit to carry a concealed firearm, fired his gun several times and struck the suspect. Monday, August 26, 2019.
Police remove the body of the robbery suspect from the Metro PCS store on Elmwood Avenue near 70th Street. A man who attempted to rob the phone store was shot dead by an employee police said. The gunfire erupted just after 4:05 p.m., when an armed man described as in his late 30s entered the store and attempted a robbery. The employee, who has a permit to carry a concealed firearm, fired his gun several times and struck the suspect. Monday, August 26, 2019.Read moreSTEVEN M. FALK / Staff Photographer
    by Robert Moran
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A man who attempted to rob a phone store was shot dead by an employee Monday afternoon in Southwest Philadelphia, police said.

The gunfire erupted just after 4:05 p.m., when an armed man described as in his late 30s entered the Metro PCS store on Elmwood Avenue near 70th Street and attempted a robbery, police said.

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The employee, who has a permit to carry a concealed firearm, fired his gun several times and bullets struck the suspect, who was pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 4:12 p.m, police said.

No other injuries were reported. Both guns were recovered from the scene, police said.