Police say an employee shot a supervisor at a taxicab company in the Philadelphia suburbs, and police were continuing to search for the shooter.
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A message left by PhillyVoice with Abington Township Police was not immediately returned.
Shortly before 1:30 p.m., Clark allegedly walked into the company’s business office on Mt. Carmel Avenue and began arguing with the 45-year-old owner. Police also arrested a female passenger and recovered a handgun. When one worker asked if someone could call an ambulance for the wounded man, Clark said no, according to investigators. Abington police tell Action News that the suspect shooter was taken into custody by Philadelphia police at 72nd and Woodland in the city.
As for Clark, police say he fled to Philadelphia but didn’t make it far before police tracked him down.
Clark is now facing a long list of 39 charges, including aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, unlawful restraint and robbery, according to online court information.
The victim has been taken to Abington Hospital where his condition is not yet known.
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He was held without bail at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for October. 30.
