PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are looking for a person of interest, who took a man’s gun, after a shooting inside a grocery store in Philadelphia’s Fairhill neighborhood left one suspect dead and an officer injured Friday night.
Officials warn the public that the person of interest is armed and dangerous.
Police identified the suspect, who fired a shot at the officer, as 28-year-old Alexander Spencer. Officials said he was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said at least two officers went into a grocery store at around 8:46 p.m. in the area of Mascher and Cambria Streets and they approached a group of men who were standing inside the store. Then while trying to stop one of them, they said, a man now identified as Spencer, got into a scuffle with the officers and fired a shot, striking one of the officers in the leg.
The officer’s partner then fired his weapon in response, striking Spencer, police said.