PA Bill Number: SB1036
Title: Consolidating the First Class Township Code; and making a repeal.
Description: An Act amending Title 73 (Townships) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, consolidating the First Class Township Code; and making a repeal.
Last Action: Referred to Local Government
Last Action Date: Dec 10, 2025
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Phila.: Store owner fatally shoots robbery suspect :: 01/13/2016
A store owner in Philadelphia's Hawthorne section fatally shot a man who tried to rob the corner shop Monday morning.
Philadelphia police said three men entered Miss Jessie's Stop N Shop on the 900 block of South 12th Street around 8:30 a.m. with a gun and announced a robbery.
The store owner then opened fire, police said.
One of the men was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene at 8:44 a.m. His name was not immediately released.
A second suspect, a 22-year-old man, was taken into custody while the third escaped though was possibly injured.
Police didn't immediately identify the store owner.
Two weapons were recovered at the scene, authorities said.
