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Customer Fatally Shoots Man Outside Royal Farms in Frankford

Prosecutors will decide whether to charge after police say surveillance shows the victim brandishing a gun.

Overview

  • Officers found a 22-year-old man shot multiple times outside the Royal Farms at Church Street and Aramingo Avenue and he later died at a hospital.
  • Police recovered multi-angle store surveillance that they say shows the 22-year-old confronting another customer and pulling a gun before the other man fired.
  • The shooter, a 21-year-old customer, approached police at the scene and investigators say his account matched the video evidence.
  • Police say the shooter legally owned the firearm and held a carry permit, and investigators currently view the shooting as likely self-defense but have referred the matter to the district attorney for a charging decision.
  • A separate 45-year-old bystander was seen on footage taking images and kicking the victim's gun under trash and is in custody on tampering-with-evidence charges.