LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Police say an attempted robbery at a former Pennsylvania mayor’s pharmacy ended with one of the suspects shot.
Lancaster police say a clerk shot at and struck one of the suspects multiple times at about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday at former mayor Charlie Smithgall’s pharmacy.
Chief Jarrad Berkihiser says the robbers “came to the store on a mission.” There was no immediate word on the wounded suspect’s condition. The other suspect fled.
LNP reports that the 72-year-old former mayor walked out later with what appeared to be blood on his shirt, waved to onlookers, and was also taken to a hospital. Police haven’t identified the clerk who fired.
Smithgall, a gun collector, was elected in 1997 and re-elected 2001. WGAL-TV reports that Smithgall’s Pharmacy is licensed to sell firearms.
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