Police investigate after home healthcare worker with gun and permit-to-carry shoots from driver’s seat thru his own driver’s window at an 18-year-old said to be pointing a gun.
A man with a permit to carry a gun shoots at a would-be armed assailant, striking him and causing him to run off.
Officials said a 32-year-old healthcare worker pulled up in front of a home on the 1700 block of West Folsom Street, Monday night, just before midnight, in order to perform a job for a person inside of a residence when an 18-year-old male approached the man’s vehicle, at the driver side door and pulled a gun.
The 32-year-old man in the vehicle explained to responding officers he believed he was being robbed. He was possession of a valid license-to-carry and pulled a firearm, shooting at the 18-year-old through his window and striking the 18-year-old.The 32-year-old man was uninjured in the incident and was said to be cooperating with police. An investigation is underway.Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS or texting PPD TIP .
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