PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Authorities in Philadelphia say no charges will be filed against a business owner who shot a robbery suspect and a bystander.
Police say a 40-year-old man armed with a knife entered a north Philadelphia laundromat at about 4 p.m. Sunday and demanded $2,000 from the owner. Authorities say the owner handed the money over but chased the suspect as he fled.
Police say the owner shot the suspect twice in the chest, and also struck a 52-year-old woman twice in the hand. Both were taken to Temple University Hospital, the suspect in critical condition and the bystander in stable condition.
Authorities called the shooting of the suspect self-defense and the bystander an accident. They say the owner had a permit for the weapon.
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