2 accused of picking up cash instead of helping store clerk shot in the face after robbery in Northeast Philadelphia
Philadelphia police are searching for a man who shot a store clerk in the face Sunday night. They are also questioning two men accused of picking up money that the robber left behind, instead of helping the victim.
Action News was there the moment officers were patting down the men outside the Bridge Market and Wireless Store.
The store is located at the corner of Bridge St. and Torresdale Ave. in the Frankford section.
The men are not accused of shooting the store employee, but police say officers saw them on surveillance video.
"Several minutes later after that store employee was shot, several other individuals entered the rear of that establishment and began to pick up proceeds from that robbery," said Capt. Tyrell McCoy, with the Philadelphia Police Department.
Police said this all started when a man entered the store around 11 p.m. Sunday, as the employee was counting money behind bullet proof glass.
Investigators said the suspect was able to put the gun through an opening in the glass and shot the employee in the face.
Officers said the suspect was facing away from the surveillance camera, but they're working on getting additional angles.
"We just know there was male dressed in all black clothing, pulled out that fire arm, shot one time and then after he was able to pick up as much money as he could he actually fled," McCoy said.
Investigators said the 27-year-old victim survived and that officers rushed him to the hospital.
Northeast detectives are not sure yet if the others who picked up the cash off the floor were involved in planning any of the robbery or whether they just tried to take advantage of the situation.
