An employee of a West Philadelphia convenience store was shot outside the business Monday night, Inspector D F Pace said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pace said officers responded to reports of a person shot on the 4800 block of Spruce Street shortly after 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
At the scene, officers found a 24-year-old man shot multiple times throughout his body, Pace said. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was placed in serious but stable condition, according to Pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pace said the majority of the incident, if not all, was captured on surveillance video.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before the shooting, Pace said the alleged gunman, a man who appears to be in his 20s, was in the convenience store around 6:15 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The suspect returned to the store roughly 40 minutes later and got involved in a heated discussion with a female employee at the store, Pace said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The man and another store employee tried to intervene and de-escalate the situation, but their efforts didn’t work, Pace said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The suspect allegedly told the 24-year-old employee to walk outside the store, according to Pace. When he did, the suspect pulled out a gun and shot the man three times, Pace said. The victim was struck in his abdomen, upper thigh and back. Police recovered four spent shell casings from the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pace said the shooting was captured on surveillance video. He said the suspect continued firing his weapon while running away from the scene. The suspect was wearing a black hat, a black long-sleeve shirt, light pants and black shoes, Pace said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The motive for the shooting remains unclear, according to Pace.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Philadelphia Police Department.<\/p>\n
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