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On January 22, television station KYW KYW Know Your Watershed
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 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (pĕnsəlvā`nyə), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bordered by New Jersey, across the Delaware River (E), Delaware (SE), Maryland (S), West Virginia (SW), Ohio (W), and Lake Erie and New York , reported that "a North Philadelphia store owner has shot and killed a man he says shot a store employee during all armed robbery attempt." According to according to
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 police, "the suspect walked into the B&S grocery store ... pulled out a gun, and demanded money." The gunman then "fired one shot, wounding a shop employee," whereupon where·up·on  
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1. On which.

2. In close consequence of which: The instructor entered the room, whereupon we got to our feet.
 "the owner of the mom-and-pop store pulled out his own gun and fired one shot, hitting the gunman in the head."

The wounded employee and the would-be robber were taken to the same hospital, where the employee "was listed in stable condition with a hip wound" and the gunman "was pronounced dead on arrival."

Concluding its account of the incident, KYW noted that "no charges are expected to be filed against the store owner."
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Title Annotation:Exercising The Right
Author:Lee, Robert W.
Publication:The New American
Date:Apr 5, 2004
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