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Suspect sought after store clerk shot, killed in Ridley Township
A store clerk has died and a suspect is at large following a Friday afternoon shooting inside the Empire Smoke and Phone Store in Ridley Township.
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Police in Ridley Township are looking for a suspect they say shot and killed a store employee on Friday.
Around 1:30 p.m., Ridley Township police responded to the Empire Smoke and Phone Store on the 1400 block of Chester Pike.
Responding officers found a store employee lying on the floor behind the counter unresponsive and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
First responders attempted lifesaving measures, but the employee later died. A cousin and close friends of the clerk identified him as 37-year-old Sameer Abdullah, who also went by "Sammy."
"He didn’t bother nobody. You just walked in and shot him for no reason, for no reason that doesn’t make any sense that’s what’s really hard," his cousin Riyad Hussain said.
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Police have released photos of an armed suspect in the case captured on the store's surveillance cameras. They are asking for the public's help identifying him.
The suspect is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about the incident or suspect is asked to contact Ridley Township police.
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