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Posted on 12/19/2019 2:15:14 PM PST by lowbridge
A FedEx driver was robbed/shot while making a delivery on the 600 block of Unruh. Police say the driver was armed and exchanged gunfire with the robbery suspect. FedEx driver is stable, Suspect was located and is critical.
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It should have been a routine delivery with the 32-year-old FedEx driver dropping off a package to a home in the area, but that’s when police say, an armed gunman approached and robbed the driver, perhaps not anticipating that the FedEx driver was also armed.
“He was able to tell police that he was making a delivery on the 600 block of Unruh and right when he got done making that delivery, he was approached by at least one male and he was robbed at point of gun,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
Police say the driver was shot once in the abdomen during the robbery. Police say as they were receiving calls about shots fired in the area, the FedEx driver was able to drive himself to a nearby parking lot away from the scene.
He was transported to Einstein Medical Center and is in stable condition.
He told police that after being shot in the stomach, he pulled out his own weapon and returned fire at the suspect.
(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...
FedEx man was committing armed robbery?
Hurrah!
Driver is alive but he’ll be fired. Why steal packages where the contents are covered?
Standby for the FedEx driver, when he recovers FRom his wounds, to be fired FRom FedEx and arrested for carrying!
It is Philly!
Better outcome than the poor UPS driver.
He delivered!
This act of self defense will be duly entered in the “gun violence” database to push the cause of civilian disarmament.
a fed ex delivery guy was shot and killed near there many years ago. The local office had a plaque in the lobby on spring garden before they moved the office.
“...arrested for carrying!...”
Carrying is legal in PA with a carry permit.
OPEN or Concealed. Even in Philly, although the cops will harrass you for carrying open.
But as assh*le Chief Ramsey said a few years, when they were harrassing a Citizen for open carry (with a permit) “I don’t like it, but the Law is the Law. Let him go.”
If he gets fired, he can always get another job. He’s ALIVE to do so.
Everyone who can should carry. There’s no reason not to. Your life is more important than any stupid law.
Ah, this must be one of the reasons why my FedEX ground stuff that I order comes 2-4 days beyond what I receive from the buyer as a delivery date....../s
“If he gets fired, he can always get another job. He’s ALIVE to do so.”
Buddy of mine used to do fieldwork for a Telcom company and was frequently doing work deep in the ‘hood.
He carried despite company policy forbidding it. “I can find another job but my wife and kids only have one of me”.
I hope FedEx gives him a great bonus! Maybe FedEx and UPS need someone riding shotgun like in the old days on stages.
Philly ping!
It was bound to happen. Package thefts off people’s porches have been increasing for several years, and now the robbers are going after delivery truck drivers. And it’ll only get worse as online shopping continues to grow.
And I’m not one who thinks that delivery by driverless vehicles and drones will be a good answer. The thieves will really get creative to rob those things.
thank god he was armed.
Well done Driver
I would like to read his FedEx employment contract.
There is a high probability he signed a contract that explicitly states he cannot carry a gun while on the job.
FedEx may be afraid to fire him, but legally, no one forced the driver to accept the job or to sign the contract.
Street name is Unruh. German family name meaning unrest, disturbance, not-peace.
If this story is accurate, driver not defending packages, but his life.
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