PA Bill Number: HR415
Title: Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on trauma-informed care training provided to law enforcement officers under Act 59 ...
Description: Directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on trauma-informed care training provided to law enforcement officers under Act 59 ...
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: Feb 5, 2026
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Phila.: Store owner fatally shoots robbery suspect :: 01/13/2016
A store owner in Philadelphia's Hawthorne section fatally shot a man who tried to rob the corner shop Monday morning.
Philadelphia police said three men entered Miss Jessie's Stop N Shop on the 900 block of South 12th Street around 8:30 a.m. with a gun and announced a robbery.
The store owner then opened fire, police said.
One of the men was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene at 8:44 a.m. His name was not immediately released.
A second suspect, a 22-year-old man, was taken into custody while the third escaped though was possibly injured.
Police didn't immediately identify the store owner.
Two weapons were recovered at the scene, authorities said.
