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Grocery Store Police Shootout: Slain Suspect Dead Amid Struggle In Philadelphia, Cops Say
Police have released details in a shootout that killed a 28-year-old gunman and injured an officer in a Philadelphia grocery store.
Officers near Mascher and Cambria Streets went into a nearby grocery store around 8:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26, and approached a group of males standing in the store, city police said.
While trying to stop one of them, the offender, later identified as Alexander Spencer, scuffled with police, and then fired one shot, hitting an officer in the leg, police said. In response, the wounded officer’s partner returned fire, striking Spencer.
Spencer was pronou…
