Cashier Shot Multiple Times By Store Regular In Strawberry Mansion: Police

CBS Philadelphia

August 30, 2023 / 9:47 PM

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A cashier is in critical condition Wednesday night after being shot by a customer inside a store in Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion section, police said.

The shooting happened at the Carolina Market on the 2600 block of West Lehigh Avenue just after 7:30 p.m., according to police.

The man who fired the gun got in the cashier's line and fired five shots behind the counter into the cashier booth, authorities said.

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