A security guard is recovering after police say he was shot by a man who he escorted out of a North Philadelphia Rite Aid near Temple University. NBC10’s Steven Fisher has the latest on the guard’s condition.
Philadelphia police are searching for a man who shot a security guard in the foot in a movie theater parking lot after being escorted out of a North Philadelphia Rite Aid store.
The ordeal began around 8:50 p.m. Tuesday when an unidentified man and woman entered a Rite Aid on Broad and Oxford streets. Police said the man and woman began acting hostile toward people inside the store. A security guard then escorted both of them out.
Police said the guard, man and woman walked to the parking lot of a nearby movie theater.
"Some type of argument ensued, we believe it could have been a fistfight," Philadelphia Police Capt. John Walker said. "And the gentleman who was arguing in the store pulls out a gun, fires one shot, hitting him in the foot."
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The security guard was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was listed in stable condition. He is expected to recover.
Police have not released a detailed description of the gunman. They continued to search for him Wednesday.
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