Security Guard Fatally Shoots Man In Head After He Spits On Her Inside Philadelphia IHOP, Police Say

CBS Philadelphia

October 14, 2025

A security guard was arrested and charged with murder after she shot a man who allegedly spat on her inside an IHOP in Center City, Philadelphia police said on Monday.

The shooting happened shortly before 11:15 p.m. on Saturday at the IHOP on 13th and Walnut streets. Officers responded to the restaurant after hearing reports of a person with a gun, police said.

Once inside the restaurant, officers found a 43-year-old man who had been shot in the head. The man was brought to Jefferson University Hospital, where he died shortly after arriving, police said.

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