PA Bill Number: HB2501
Title: In authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer; and, ...
Description: In authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for sentence for murder, murder of unborn child and murder of law enforcement officer; a ...
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: May 8, 2026
Pennsylvania Self-Defense: Former mayor won't face charges for shooting man in pharmacy :: 11/12/2018
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania mayor won’t face charges for firing at an armed man who tried to rob his pharmacy last month.
The Lancaster County district attorney’s office said in a statement Friday that authorities “anticipate no charges against the store employee who fired upon the robber,” who was wounded.
LNP reports court documents have identified the employee as former mayor Charlie Smithgall.
Documents filed by Lancaster city police say 72-year-old Smithgall fired four times at Brandon Galette after he and an unidentified man entered Smithgall’s Pharmacy and repeatedly asked for Oxycodone while brandishing a gun.
Police say 24-year-old Galette wrestled with Smithgall over his gun, while several employees and a customer were in the store.
Galette faces a number of charges, including robbery and aggravated assault. No attorney information is available.
Smithgall, a gun collector, was elected in 1997 and re-elected 2001.
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Information from: LNP, http://lancasteronline.com
