FOX 29's Jeff Cole reports. PHILADEPHIA - An armed burglary suspect was shot and killed by the owner of a gun shop in South Philadelphia, police say.
The incident happened at approximately 4:11 a.m. on the 1500 block of Front Street in the Pennsport section of the city. Officials say the owner of the gun store, Firing Line Inc, was inside his business guarding it because they had experienced a break in attempt on Sunday evening.
When a crew of armed burglary suspects reportedly attempted to break in, the store's owner saw them on surveillence video and then heard them coming up the steps of the store. "One of the individuals that broke into the property, pointed a handgun at him," Chief Inspector Scott Smalls told FOX 29's Steve Keeley.