Philadelphia: Armed Robber Flees After Clerk Pulls Gun Of His Own

A man is accused of trying to rob two grocery stores in less than ten minutes on Monday morning. Now, surveillance video shows why only the first was successful.

Philadelphia police say at 7:30 a.m., the robber went into the K&S Super Store in the 5200 block of Market Street, pointed a gun at the 63-year-old woman working there, and demanded money.

She gave him an undisclosed amount of money and two packs of cigarettes, and he took off in an unknown direction.

Very soon after, at 7:38 a.m., police say he entered the Walnut Block Grocery store in the 5400 block of Walnut Street.

He approached an employee, pointed a handgun at the 29-year-old man, and stated, “Give me everything or I’m shooting.”

Turned out, the employee has a valid concealed weapons permit. He pulled out his own gun, and the video shows him chasing the attempted robber out of the store in an unknown direction.