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PA Bill Number: HB1822

Title: Providing for protection of personal data of certain public servants; imposing duties on data brokers regarding personal data; and providing for ...

Description: Providing for protection of personal data of certain public servants; imposing duties on data brokers regarding personal data; and providing for ...

Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY

Last Action Date: Aug 26, 2025

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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.

Police at a corner store in South Philadelphia where the shop´s owner fatally shot a suspected robber.

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.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20160112_Cops__Store_owner_fatally_shoots_robbery_suspect.html